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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

| Choir and Organ

The entire programme is delivered with the skilful aplomb one expects from these voices

Alex Ho: Tah Dah!

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

| Choir and Organ

A stimulating challenge for young adult singers and a sparkling, impressive start to a programme

George Frideric Handel: six years in a life

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

| Gramophone

Richard Wigmore explores Handel’s work through the lens of six pivotal years in his life, relating to both his music and his biography

Iestyn Davies: how the countertenor is rising to every musical challenge, from Monteverdi to Adès

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

| Opera Now

Iestyn Davies continues to forge paths in the opera world, taking risks, connecting with audiences and collaborating with new voices

Sir John Eliot Gardiner: breaking out of the Baroque

Thursday, July 27, 2023

| Gramophone

Edward Breen welcomes the reissue of John Eliot Gardiner’s pioneering Erato legacy

The enduring legacy of Arturo Toscanini: ‘a life force from a vanished age whose work refuses to date’

Monday, July 3, 2023

| Gramophone

‘Toscanini was a classicist at heart, with a classicist’s love of light, logic, orderliness and physical beauty’

How composers find musical inspiration in real life stories

Blogs

Friday, July 21, 2023

| Gramophone

Penelope Thwaites reflects on how the stories of real people inspire and motivate her compositional process

Orchestre de Paris | Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2023 Nominee

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

| Gramophone

Why the Orchestre de Paris deserves your vote for the 2023 Orchestra of the Year Award

Introducing the July 2023 issue of Opera Now

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

| Opera Now

Greek National Opera: a company like no other | Brian Jagde: meeting Covent Garden's daring Don Carlos | Davóne Tines: the American tenor on Classical Pride

Historical recordings: why we should listen to pianists from the past

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| International Piano

In a new regular column Mark Ainley explores historic treasures both familiar and obscure, recommending new discoveries and encouraging fresh listening

Rachmaninov the pianist

Thursday, August 10, 2023

| International Piano

Bryce Morrison considers the treasured recorded legacy of Sergey Rachmaninov

Arnold Östman Obituary

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

| Gramophone

Arnold Östman's recordings transformed the way we experience and think about Mozart’s greatest dramatic masterpieces

Gardiner pulls out of BBC Proms following singer assault

Thursday, August 24, 2023

| Opera Now

The Coronation conductor is alleged to have hit a singer following a performance of Berlioz's opera 'Les Troyens' on Tuesday night

Arts Council grants security for ENO until 2026

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Opera Now

A grant of £24 million will provide interim support before the company's move out of the capital

Soprano Ava Dodd wins Verbier Academy's highest honour

Monday, July 31, 2023

| Opera Now

The 25-year-old receives the Prix Yves Paternot for the musician of the Academy demonstrating the most promise

Applications open for ENO journalism training scheme

Thursday, July 20, 2023

| Opera Now

ENO Response invites applications from writers for its 2023/24 scheme

Alfrēds Kalniņš: Organ Music

Friday, August 11, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Reinis draws a wide-ranging palette of sounds

Gounod: Faust at Irish National Opera | Live Review

Monday, October 9, 2023

| Opera Now

A dazzling example of music drama from the Irish National Opera's production of Gounod's Faust

Introducing 'Gramophone Presents … My Classical Music'

Blogs

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

| Gramophone

The joy of talking to leading figures about their musical journeys – and sharing them in our latest special edition

Martyn Brabbins resigns as Music Director of ENO

Sunday, October 15, 2023

| Gramophone

Conductor makes announcement 'in protest' following proposed cuts to orchestra

Introducing the November 2023 issue of International Piano, featuring Bertrand Chamayou

Friday, October 27, 2023

| International Piano

Bertrand Chamayou: pairing radical piano works by Erik Satie and John Cage | Vladimir Sofronitsky: the legacy of one of Soviet Russia's most individual pianists | Alkan's Symphony: a survey of a neglected masterpiece on record

Video of the Day: Chamber Choir Ireland perform Eoghan Desmond's ‘Nothing in vain’

Thursday, September 14, 2023

| Gramophone

Chamber Choir Ireland give a gripping performance of Eoghan Desmond's passionate plea for peace

Video of the Day: Mary Bevan and Davina Clarke perform Handel's ‘Susse Stille’

Friday, September 8, 2023

| Gramophone

Handel's moving aria is beautifully performed by Mary Bevan and Davina Clarke

Opera Now: introducing the November 2023 issue, featuring Eun Sun Kim

Thursday, October 12, 2023

| Opera Now

Eun Sun Kim: fearless, humble and prepared | Opera in the Amazon: exploring Brazil's Teatro Amazonas | Remembering Renata Scotto

Video of the Day: Apollo5 sing Sonnet 81 by Taylor Scott Davis