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Video of the day: Jessye Norman remembered

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

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The great soprano, who has died aged 74, in one of her most memorable roles - Madame Lidoine in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites

Christian Tetzlaff: ‘I think Sibelius did for his century what Beethoven did for his’

Features

Monday, November 4, 2019

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As Christian Tetzlaff returns to the Beethoven and Sibelius violin concertos, James Jolly finds out why he’s considered one of the greatest violinists of our time

The Art of Film Music

Features

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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Advances in technology and an increasing openness to new ideas has radically changed the craft of composing film scores, finds James McCarthy

Notes on a royal scandal – Lully’s Isis

Blogs

Friday, November 29, 2019

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Editor's Choice – the best new classical albums: December 2019

Features

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews

Olari Elts to take over Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Classical Music News

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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Estonian conductor succeeds Neeme Järvi next season

If you want to write symphonies, my advice is to get on and do it!

Blogs

Thursday, December 5, 2019

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Sofia Philharmonic: ‘A historic orchestra, in its prime’

Features

Friday, December 20, 2019

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Bulgaria’s leading orchestra, the Sofia Philharmonic, is reaching new artistic heights under its music director, Nayden Todorov

What is an Oratorio?

Features

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

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Richard Wigmore traces the history of this sacred genre from the 17th century onwards

Masaaki Suzuki on returning to Bach's St Matthew Passion

Podcasts

Thursday, February 13, 2020

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The Director of Bach Collegium Japan has made a second recording for BIS of the great work

Video of the day: Joyce DiDonato and Kate Lindsey on Handel's Agrippina

Features

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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Joyce DiDonato and Kate Lindsey spare five precious minutes during the intermission of Handel's Agrippina at the Metropolitan Opera in New York to talk about the opera

Gramophone Collection: the Top Choice classical recordings

Features

Thursday, February 27, 2020

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In every issue of Gramophone you will find Gramophone Collection – a long-running series in which we ask one of our writers to survey the available recordings of a particular work and choose their favourite. Here are the recent Top Choice albums in the series – a great way to discover outstanding classical recordings

Johannes Pramsohler on the life and music of Pieter Hellendaal

Podcasts

Friday, March 6, 2020

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The violinist discusses the music of the 18th century Dutch-born composer

Video of the day: Margot Fonteyn – an exclusive extract from Tony Palmer's 'Margot'

Features

Monday, March 9, 2020

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Watch the first nine minutes of Tony Palmer’s ‘Margot’ documentary!

Jack Liebeck on the Brahms and Schoenberg violin concertos

Podcasts

Friday, March 20, 2020

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The British violinist talks about a very rare, if not unique, coupling of two major violin concertos, and why he put them together on the same recording

Review: Bowers & Wilkins PX7 headphones

Features

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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B&W’s latest headphone range further develops its in-house technology and the results are spectacular

Gramophone's guide to the best online music

Classical Music News

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

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Stuck inside and craving top-notch music-making? We've the answers … updated daily

Penderecki: The Symphonies

Features

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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When a cycle of Penderecki's symphonies conducted by the composer himself appeared on the DUX label in 2013, Philip Kennicott gave the following compelling overview of Penderecki's ever-changing musical world