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Thursday, November 10, 2022

| Gramophone

The devastating cuts to ENO and Britten Sinfonia should encourage a fresh look at the way cultural support is shared

Music, and the unique joy that radio can bring: Alan Davey on celebrating the BBC centenary

Thursday, November 10, 2022

| Gramophone

Alan Davey, controller at BBC Radio 3, takes us through celebrations for the BBC's centenary, reflecting on the unique joy in sound that radio can bring

Petition launched to restore ENO's funding

Classical Music News

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

| Gramophone

Sir Bryn Terfel leads campaign calling on government to overturn decision

Adventures in keyboard innovation

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

| Gramophone

The MultiPiano Ensemble has recorded new versions of innovative masterpieces by Shostakovich and Frank Martin; Artistic Director Tomer Lev describes a journey that started with a childhood memory

10 works by women composers you need to listen to

Monday, November 7, 2022

| Gramophone

10 works by women composers that we hope you will celebrate and enjoy as much as we do.

Introducing the November 2022 issue of Gramophone, featuring Christophe Rousset

Monday, November 7, 2022

| Gramophone

Christophe Rousset on Lully, Couperin and three decades of Les Talens Lyriques | Decca's Solti Ring: remastered for Spatial Audio and sounding better than ever | Britten’s War Requiem: the best recordings

Gramophone Editor's Choice: November 2022 | The best new classical recordings

Monday, November 7, 2022

| Gramophone

Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the finest recordings from this month's reviews

SWAP'ra at Glyndebourne- a funded retreat supporting parents in opera

Monday, November 7, 2022

| Gramophone

Kitty Whately writes about the importance of support for parents in opera ahead of Glyndebourne's SWAP'ra retreat in February 2023

ENO and Britten Sinfonia lose out in latest Arts Council announcement

Classical Music News

Sunday, November 6, 2022

| Gramophone

Major shake-up sees Chineke! Foundation and Multi-Story Music become national portfolio organisations

Let’s raise a 100th-birthday toast to the BBC

Friday, November 4, 2022

| Gramophone

Across a century, broadcasting has changed music – and society

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández

Podcasts

Friday, November 4, 2022

| Gramophone

The violinist and cellist on recording Brahms and Clara Schumann

Video of the Day: United Strings of Europe play Joanna Marsh, Another Eden

Thursday, November 3, 2022

| Gramophone

A new commission by Joanna Marsh for six strings, reflecting on the erosion of the Earth's beauty

Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas (Mao Fujita)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

I could not pick a favourite from among these 18 performances – each has its individual character and exerts its own particular charm

Gareth Williams: Short Stories

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

Williams is a characterful stylist, and the album is immensely enjoyable

EEE (Eubanks-Evans-Experience)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

EEE is an excellent survey of a richly rewarding partnership

Cate Blanchett interview: ‘I learnt the piano as a girl and played with great fervour’

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

Director Todd Field's new film TÁR features a pianist turned composer, conductor and writer caught up in intense power struggles. The role is played by Cate Blanchett, who talks to Jonathon Brown

Leading ladies: gender bias in piano competitions

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

Almost any piano teacher will say that the majority of their students are female, so where are all the women when it comes to handing out the glittering prizes at major music competitions?

Nelson Freire – Memories: The Unreleased Recordings 1970-2019

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

'Every one of these recordings is like gold dust'

Montgeroult: Études (Clare Hammond)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

This is beautiful music, wonderfully recorded

Chasing Moonbeams (Paul Guinery)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

Delightful discoveries abound. Look no further than the opening track, Blue Blazes by Joseph Tunbridge, one of seven world premiere recordings

Returning to the Piano: IV – Touches (Part 2)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

A technical refresher course for recommencing piano enthusiasts, created for International Piano by Murray McLachlan

Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures (Leif Ove Andsnes)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

These are significant pieces, and many suffused with an evanescent charm to which Andsnes does full justice

Festival Focus: Piano City Lecce

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

With performances in ornate Baroque churches, private homes, a nature reserve and even a bus, Piano City Lecce showed how the piano can infiltrate every aspect of a city's culture

Haydn: Piano Sonatas: G major Hob XVI:6; E major Hob XVI:31 (Wiener Urtext)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

This elegant new edition includes three tasteful cadenza options by Robert Levin for the third movement

Lang Lang: a whole new world