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Matthew Whiteside on his new guide to self-releasing music for composers

Features

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

The point of this book isn’t to force people to self-release their music. It’s to empower people with the information

Antonio Caldara: Gloria; Respighi: Lauda per la Nativita del Signore (Mirko Guadagnini)

Review

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

A lively instrumental introduction to this performance leads to disappointment when the choir enters

Musica Viva: sounds of the city

Features

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

With a commitment to new music and diverse composers, New York City choir Musica Viva is paving the way for daring collaborations

Bob Chilcott: Christmas Oratorio (Benjamin Nicholas)

Review

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Sarah Connolly conveys Mary’s wonderment and even fear with grace and not a flutter of girlishness

JS Bach: Organ Transcriptions (Wolfgang Rübsam)

Review

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Every note, every rhythmic delay, every extended up-beat, every spread chord is planned with astonishing detail

Handel's Theodora, with Jonathan Cohen

Podcasts

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Gramophone

Arcangelo's conductor Jonathan Cohen on recording Handel's powerful oratoria, Theodora

Arvo Pärt: Tractus (Tönu Klajuste)

Review

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

The vocal works seem to transcend speech, while the orchestral pieces clearly articulate their source texts

Apollo5: Haven

Review

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Some of the most insightfully earthy singing of Byrd (the Mass for Five Voices) you’re likely to hear

Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver

Review

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

The Holloway singers don’t go sad-sack on it but simply and subtly temper their delivery

Meeting Sander Booij, one of the most gifted Dutch organ builders of his generation

Features

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Chris Bragg meets Sander Booij, one of the most gifted Dutch organ builders of his generation, as he takes over the leadership of one of the country’s most venerable workshops

The choral music of Charles Villiers Stanford

Features

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

As we mark the centenary of Charles Villiers Stanford’s death, Jeremy Dibble explores the choral music and the lesser-known works which have seen recent revival and recording

Editor's Choice: March 2024 | The best new classical recordings

Features

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Gramophone

This month: Janáček's Katya Kabanova from the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle, Handel's Theodora by Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen, and Marc-André Hamelin plays his own piano music