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For professional pianists and amateurs alike, Arthur Rubinstein's artistry was a thing of wonder, a touch that combined exquisite control with a feeling of tremendous ease, says Bryce Morrison

Top 10 Rubinstein recordings

Features

Monday, January 23, 2017

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A beginner's guide to some of the finest Rubinstein recordings currently available

A Gramophone conversation with Julius Drake

Classical Music News

Friday, January 20, 2017

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Talking about song, the role of the pianist and curating a new season of Temple Music concerts.

Competition: win three classic Claudio Abbado box-sets from Deutsche Grammophon

Features

Monday, January 16, 2017

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Win Abbado's classic Beethoven, Haydn and Mendelssohn recordings

Claudio Abbado – a celebration

Classical Music News

Monday, January 16, 2017

| Gramophone

All this week on the Gramophone website, we offer our guide to Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado – a tribute

Features

Monday, January 16, 2017

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His insistence that he was on an equal level to his musicians resulted in radiant music-making that was totally free of ego, writes James Jolly in a tribute to the late, great Claudio Abbado

Classic interview: inside the Don Carlos sessions with Claudio Abbado

Features

Monday, January 16, 2017

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Michael Oliver had privileged access to Abbado's recording of Verdi's Don Carlos with Domingo in 1985

Full report: Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie opens at last

Features

Friday, January 13, 2017

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The controversial and gargantuan project in Germany’s second largest city has finally hosted its first concerts, and Andrew Mellor was there for Gramophone

Top 10 Claudio Abbado recordings

Features

Thursday, January 12, 2017

| Gramophone

A beginner's guide to the finest Claudio Abbado recordings currently available

Ray Chen signs to Decca Classics

Classical Music News

Thursday, January 12, 2017

| Gramophone

Chen makes the announcement public in inimitable style on his YouTube channel

With orchestras, does age really matter?

Blogs

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

| Gramophone

This week: explore the greatest symphonies with Gramophone

Classical Music News

Monday, January 9, 2017

| Gramophone

All this week on the Gramophone website, we offer our guide to the landmark symphonies

Competition: win the complete Haydn symphonies box-set from Decca Classics

Features

Monday, January 9, 2017

| Gramophone

The first complete Haydn symphony-cycle on period instruments, on 35 discs, is yours to win!

Rediscovering Haydn's symphonies, period style

Features

Monday, January 9, 2017

| Gramophone

Ottavio Dantone’s recording Haydn’s Symphonies Nos 79 and 81 is further evidence that, on period instruments especially, Haydn sounds fiercely original, writes Richard Wigmore