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Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Leonskaja seems to hold the Grieg Concerto – which, despite many similarities to the Schumann, postdates it by 23 years – at something of an arm’s length

MU rejects using recorded music in place of live orchestra at Northern Ballet

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| Gramophone

The Northern Ballet's decision to use recorded music has faced backlash

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

Liszt: Piano works, arranged for Organ (Diederik Blankesteijn)

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| Choir and Organ

The music translates extremely well to the sonorous Bätz organ in the generous acoustic of Utrecht’s Domkirk

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

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

Bringing a new opera of Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree to life in Dorset

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

A new opera of Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree premieres at Dorset Opera this summer. We meet Paul Carr, the production’s composer and director, to discover the journey of the work’s creation

Mascarade Opera’s Festivalino: A Role in Opera’s Future

Monday, March 18, 2024

| Gramophone

For singers and guests, Europe’s most innovative opera studio – Fondazione Mascarade Opera – offers unforgettable experiences in the cradle of the Renaissance

Composer and pianist Aribert Reimann has died, aged 88

Friday, March 15, 2024

| Gramophone

Aribert Reimann's more than 70 works include the opera Lear

Samuel Lee wins Malko Competition 2024

Monday, April 22, 2024

| Gramophone

The South Korean conductor swept to victory, winning 20,000 Euros

Video of the Day: The Marian Consort sing Marcus Rock's Toe by Toe

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| Gramophone

Choir & Organ's New Music partnership begins with a new work from composer Marcus Rock, performed by partner choir The Marian Consort

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra announces new conductors

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| Gramophone

Mark Wigglesworth is appointed BSO chief conductor while Chloé van Soeterstède joins the orchestra as principal guest conductor

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: the greatest recordings

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

| Gramophone

Richard Osborne traces the evolution of this great work over nearly a century of recordings

Meeting Masaaki and Masato Suzuki: ‘Look at Bach, he had so much energy. He’s an example for us all’

Friday, May 10, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Father and son Masaaki and Masato Suzuki reflect on their relationship, the beginnings of Bach Collegium Japan and their prolific recording history

Top 10 Recordings for Revising: Contemporary Classical Edition

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| Gramophone

With exam season well under way, we've compiled 10 recordings that will help you on your revision journey

Fatma Said and Joseph Middleton recital at Milton Court Concert Hall | Live Review

Friday, May 24, 2024

| Opera Now

Some thoughtful and intimate programming from the Egyptian soprano lacked a desperately-needed underlying thread in her recent Milton Court recital

Amsterdam Concertgebouw cancels Jerusalem Quartet concerts due to planned protests

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| Gramophone

Petition launched condemning the decision

Marking the 200th anniversary of the premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

| Gramophone

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony will be celebrated with performances and broadcasts around the world, and we offer in-depth guides to the symphony and its greatest recordings

Video of the Day: Lyyra and VOCES8 sing More Love by Taylor Scott Davis

Friday, May 10, 2024

| Gramophone

The female vocal ensemble combine with VOCES8 to perform the title work from their new EP, More Love

London's Royal Opera House announces name change

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

| Opera Now

The Covent Garden institution has rebranded ahead of their 2024/25 season

Kirill Karabits to present a day of Ukrainian music at London’s Southbank Centre

Monday, May 13, 2024

| Gramophone

The Chief Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will showcase Voices from the East to celebrate the end of his 15-year tenure

Mishka Rushdie Momen interview: ‘We’ve inherited a lot culturally from the ideas of the Reformation, including a sort of paradoxical individualism’

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

Mishka Rushdie Momen has recorded an album of works by composers working in the shadow of the Reformation, including Bull, Byrd and Gibbons. She tells Jessica Duchen about the enduring appeal of this music and why she plays it on a modern piano

Magdalene Ho: a pianist to watch

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

Jed Distler is impressed by Magdalene Ho, a pianist of enormous promise who won the 2023 Clara Haskil Competition, and suggests some listening

Review - Mozart: ‘Complete Sonatas, Vols 5 & 6’ (Orli Shaham)