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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| Gramophone

UK music society hosts its awards in Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music for the first time

Chandos Records acquired by Naxos founder Klaus Heymann

Classical Music News

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Gramophone

Klaus Heymann writes: ‘I decided to acquire Chandos personally to give Ralph the certainty that the label will remain independent long-term’

In conversation with: Jonathan Bloxham

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Opera Now

We caught up with conductor Jonathan Bloxham to discuss his new role at Luzerner Theater

Smetana’s Má vlast, an introduction by Semyon Bychkov

Monday, March 4, 2024

| Gramophone

Semyon Bychkov tells Michael McManus about the extrordinary power of Smetana’s masterpiece Má vlast, which he has recorded with the Czech Philharmonic for Pentatone

Video of the Day: Donizetti's 'L'esule di Roma'

Classical Music News

Monday, March 4, 2024

| Gramophone

Opera Rara is joined by the Britten Sinfonia in the very first studio recording of the 1828 melodrama

Top Picks: Looking back over 10 of our favourite Gramophone Podcast episodes

Monday, March 4, 2024

| Gramophone

From Bach to John Williams... Join us as we explore the breadth of topics available to our listeners

Video of the Day: 'You have come out as if against a thief...' – Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories

Friday, March 1, 2024

| Gramophone

In this exclusive video, I Fagiolini perform the intimate motet in the surrounds of Milton Abbey

Michael Spyres and Christophe Rousset reflect on their new album: In the Shadows

Blogs

Friday, March 1, 2024

| Gramophone

Spyres and Rousset introduce In the Shadows

The 12 Ensemble's new album, Metamorphosis

Podcasts

Friday, March 1, 2024

| Gramophone

Cellist Max Ruisi and violinist Eloisa-Fleur Thom on their new release on Platoon

Mozart: Così fan tutte at Paris’ Théâtre du Châtelet | Live Review

Thursday, February 29, 2024

| Opera Now

Théâtre du Châtelet breathes new life into Mozart's opera

Wagner: Siegfried by Regents Opera at Freemason’s Hall | Live Review

Thursday, February 29, 2024

| Opera Now

Regent's Opera presents Wagner's Siegfried

Stephen McNeff: A Star Next to the Moon at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama | Live Review

Thursday, February 29, 2024

| Opera Now

'Its conflicts and contrasts never quite allow the audience to get too comfortable, and the delivery on stage suitably portrayed an unnerving portrait'

Don't miss: Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra’s Mozart Day 2024

Classical Music News

Thursday, February 29, 2024

| Gramophone

Join us on the Gramophone website on Sunday, March 3, to watch Concerto Budapest’s celebration of Mozart

Krystian Zimerman interview: ‘I want to reach people who don’t yet know that they love this kind of music’

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

| International Piano

In London to collect his seventh Gramophone Award, Krystian Zimerman gives a rare interview to Jessica Duchen, and talks about recording Szymanowski, the challenges of touring and the need for good diplomacy

Video of the Day: Bridget Cunningham plays Thomas Roseingrave

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

| Gramophone

Harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham performs Roseingrave's Sarabande from the 7th Suite in G major

BBC Radio 3 announces changes in programming

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Gramophone

The broadcaster introduces new presenters, a 'lighter' Friday music show and moves speech programmes to BBC Radio 4

Meet the new Choir & Organ editorial team

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Meeting Choir & Organ's new Editor Hattie Butterworth, Organ and New Music Editor Matthew Power and Editorial Assistant Theo Elwell

The value in variety of both artists and styles to classical music

Blogs

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Gramophone

Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the March 2024 issue of Gramophone

Puccini: Turandot at Malmö Opera | Live Review

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Opera Now

'Sofia Jupither’s staging of Turandot does away with blood and guts, focusing instead on a tangible sense of hope and a community clinging to it with every fibre it has'

Rebecca Evans interview: 'We have to be sure that this art form continues'

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Opera Now

The renowned Welsh soprano speaks about her current role in Welsh National Opera's production of Così fan tutte, as well as her work mentoring the next generation of young singers

Fraz Ireland - Glitterball for organ

Music Series

Monday, February 26, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Both innovative and idiomatic, this new organ piece explores the possibilities of registration and leaves organists to interpret its soundscape. Composer Fraz Ireland talks to Matthew Power

Introducing the Spring 2024 issue of Choir & Organ

Monday, February 26, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Norwich Cathedral: an organ restored to its full magnificence | Stanford Centenary: surveying the forgotten choral masterpieces 100 years since the composer's death

Daniel Knaggs: Two Streams

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Knaggs embraces many historical influences, powerfully and unapologetically evident in an instantly relatable work

David Hill in conversation with ... Dr Felicia Barber