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A brief history of classical music

Friday, February 24, 2023

| Gramophone

A guided tour of the key composers and artistic movements that have made classical music the rich art-form that today still entrances, moves and uplifts

Mozart: the Gramophone Award-winning recordings

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

| Gramophone

Here is every Mozart recording to have won a Gramophone Award since 1977

Top 10 Piano Concertos

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

| Gramophone

An introduction to 10 of the greatest piano concertos – from Mozart to Rachmaninov – with highly recommended recordings

Top 10 Opera Composers

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

| Gramophone

A beginner's guide tracing the extraordinary development of opera from Monteverdi in the 17th century to Saariaho today, via the masterpieces of Handel, Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini and Britten

The Best Classical Music Albums of 2022

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Monday, December 12, 2022

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Our guide to the most outstanding new classical music albums of 2022. Featuring sensational new versions of Bach's St Matthew Passion, Beethoven's symphonies, Vivaldi's violin concertos and much more

What is a Minuet?

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Gramophone

Tracing the musical history of the Minuet – a popular dance form that fascinated composers for more than 200 years

Editor's Choice: April 2023 | The best new classical recordings

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Friday, March 17, 2023

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Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford selects the 12 best recordings from the April issue's reviews

Video of the Day: Mozart's Piano Concerto No 9 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet & Manchester Camerata)

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

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Manchester Camerata and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet give a wonderful performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 9

Introducing the February 2022 issue of Gramophone, featuring Joyce DiDonato

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

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Joyce Didonato: The mezzo’s mission to help us reconnect with nature - and with ourselves | Schubert’s Winterreise: Benjamin Appl records the powerful song-cycle | Mozart’s Symphony No 40: Which is the best recording of this ever-popular work?

Elsa Dreisig’s fresh new take on Mozart: ‘In this business, these “rules” we have are not actually real. It’s first of all about interpretation’

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

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For her new album, French-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig has turned on its head every preconception about the characters in Mozart’s operas, portraying credible, sympathetic women who have lived real, often messy lives, discovers Neil Fisher