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The very first Butterfly, Rosina Storchio, focused on emotion and character, much like Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho herself – not least on an album inspired by the turn-of-the-century singer, finds Hugo Shirley

Benjamin Britten, Ruth Gipps ... and Jeoffry, the Poet's Cat

Features

Friday, October 16, 2020

| Gramophone

Oliver Soden explores the links between a celebrated 18th century cat, and music closer to our own time

The Listening Room; Episode 101 (October 16, 2020)

Blogs

Friday, October 16, 2020

| Gramophone

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts Britten, Bertrand Chamayou plays lullabies, Thibaut Garcia plays Rodrigo and Jakub Józef Orliński sings Purcell

Richard Egarr on Dussek's Messe Solemnelle

Podcasts

Friday, October 16, 2020

| Gramophone

The Director of the Academy of Ancient Music on their new album

Video of the Day: A Brush with Music

Features

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

| Gramophone

An online initiative aims to inspire a love of music through art

Why a complete survey of Dyson’s piano works is long overdue

Blogs

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

| Gramophone

‘While Dyson is clearly at home writing light-hearted, easy-to-approach music, he certainly does not shy away from more complex musical language’

Decca signs violinist Randall Goosby

Classical Music News

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

| Gramophone

24-year-old Perlman protégé's first album to explore African-American music

Colin Currie introduces Kalevi Aho's Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra, 'Sieidi'

Blogs

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

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‘Part of this composer’s mastery is the structural backbone to all his music, and the architectural conceit of this piece is frankly fantastic’

Inside Bach’s Goldberg Variations

Features

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

| Gramophone

Owing to its Himalayan presence, Bach’s set of 30 keyboard variations is a daunting prospect for any recording artist. Lindsay Kemp speaks to Lang Lang – whose first recording of the work has just been released – and three of his fellow pianists about interpretation and courage, and how timing is everything

Alexandre Bloch on recording Mahler in Lille

Podcasts

Friday, October 9, 2020

| Gramophone

The young Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lille talks about the new musical energy in the Northern French city

Introducing the Awards 2020 issue of Gramophone

Classical Music News

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

| Gramophone

We celebrate the outstanding recordings and most inspiring musicians of the past year. PLUS, the peerless legacy of Itzhak Perlman

The best new classical albums: Editor's Choice, Awards issue 2020

Features

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

| Gramophone

Featuring outstanding new albums from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Järvi, Thibaut Garcia, Van Kuijk Quartet, Bertrand Chamayou, Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki, Jamie Barton, and many more

Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2020: the full report

Classical Music News

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

| Gramophone

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica win coveted Recording of the Year for Weinberg symphonies