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Rigoletto announced Verdi’s arrival at his mature operatic style and has not fallen from the repertory since its premiere 170 years ago. Mark Pullinger assesses a selection of the available recordings

Stephen Hough plays Chopin's F sharp Major Nocturne, Op 15, No 2

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Monday, November 22, 2021

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Film released to celebrate the pianist's 60th - plus, win a signed copy of his Nocturnes recording!

Samoan tenor Pene Pati signs to Warner Classics

Classical Music News

Friday, November 19, 2021

| Gramophone

Debut album will feature Romantic opera arias

Andrew Nethsingha on the new album from St John's College, Cambridge

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Friday, November 19, 2021

| Gramophone

The choir's Music Director discusses 'The Tree' - and the recent decision to admit female voices

Mahler's Symphony No 4: the greatest recordings

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

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Naivety or knowingness? Conductors from Abbado to Zinman have offered takes on this fin de siècle masterpiece, writes David Gutman

Introducing the November 2021 issue of Gramophone

Classical Music News

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

| Gramophone

Anna Netrebko: The star soprano on her striking new album; Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason: The siblings on their first duo recording; rediscovering Florence Price; Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony: We reveal the finest recordings

Jeanine De Bique on her new album of Baroque heroines, 'Mirrors'

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Friday, November 12, 2021

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Exploring the same characters or operas by different composers, the Trinidadian soprano makes her recorded solo debut

Recording a gas shell bombardment on the Western Front in 1918 | Gramophone Archive

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Thursday, November 11, 2021

| Gramophone

The brave attempt to capture the sound of war on the Western Front in the Autumn of 1918 ended in tragedy for sound recordist WC Gaisberg, as this extract from Gramophone's archive reveals