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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

| Opera Now

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee and Carlo Rizzi present the start to Opera Rara's Donizetti Song Project

John Sheppard: Missa Cantate

Thursday, September 21, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Captivating vistas of the six-voice Missa Cantate appear alongside stunningly inventive examples of chant-based responsories, hymns and votive antiphons

Music Teachers Through Time – A Playlist

Blogs

Friday, November 10, 2023

| Gramophone

In Part Two of our countdown to this month’s Music For Youth Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall, composer and MFY Ambassador Jack Pepper curates a playlist of music written by the finest music teachers…

Piano masterclass: Mozart's Fantasy in D minor, K397

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

| International Piano

David Dolan talks readers through a range of methods that can be geared towards achieving an appropriate character of improvisation and spontaneous freedom in Mozart’s Fantasy in D minor, K397

Miloš on his new album 'Baroque'

Podcasts

Friday, October 20, 2023

| Gramophone

The guitarist joins the Gramophone Podcast to talk about his Editor's Choice recording

Easterly Winds

Friday, November 10, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Organist Thomas Trotter to give recital on newly rebuilt Norwich Cathedral organ

Video of the Day: Clara Orif sings Gonoud's 'Ah, je veux vivre'

Classical Music News

Thursday, October 26, 2023

| Gramophone

The Royal Academy Opera soprano brings the famous aria to life

Language, drama and power: opera companies and an obsession with English translation

Monday, February 5, 2024

| Opera Now

Soprano Claire Booth presents her research into opera in the English language, asking whether it crosses the barrier to accessibility that companies have us believe

Gramophone magazine: a history – the 1940s

Thursday, January 11, 2024

| Gramophone

Reading the correspondence pages from the early 1940s is to be genuinely moved by not only the absolutely essential nature of music in the lives of so many soldiers, sailors and airmen, but how The Gramophone had created its own tight-knit community

The Chair of the Jury Noriko Ogawa introduces the prestigious Hamamatsu International Piano Competition

Friday, January 5, 2024

| International Piano

Join us at Kings Place in London for a special Hamamatsu International Piano Competition Showcase

Golijov: Ainadamar at Welsh National Opera | Live Review

Monday, January 29, 2024

| Opera Now

A relentlessly powerful reading of Golijov's opera following life of poet and playwright Federico García Lorca

Respighi: Double Bill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| Opera Now

Respighi's Maria egiziaca and La bella dormente nel bosco sit side-by-side in this impressive performance from the Guildhall

Salisbury Cathedral celebrates Holst's 150th anniversary

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

| Choir and Organ

‘Holst 150’ features a full-length film of The Planets performed on the Cathedral’s Father Willis organ alongside specially tailored online resources

Editors' Choice 2023 - our favourite recordings of the year

Podcasts

Friday, December 8, 2023

| Gramophone

Gramophone's editors choose their personal favourite recordings of the year

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood on 'Handel for Trumpet'

Podcasts

Friday, January 12, 2024

| Gramophone

The multi-talented Principal of the Royal Academy of Music talks about his series of trumpet recordings for Linn

Manchester-based creative wins DARE Art Prize

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| Opera Now

The fifth winner of the prestigious prize has been announced

Samuil Feinberg: a life in the service of art

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Continuing his series of articles on great 20th-century Russian pianists, Farhan Malik explores the life and distinctive pianism of Samuil Feinberg

Schumann’s Faschingsschwank aus Wien | Repertoire Guide

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Charles Timbrell introduces a lesser-played masterpiece that was part of the miraculous outpouring of solo piano music Schumann composed in the years immediately before his marriage to Clara Wieck, and surveys its history on record

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

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

Top Picks: Looking back over 10 of our favourite Gramophone Podcast episodes

Monday, March 4, 2024

| Gramophone

From Bach to John Williams... Join us as we explore the breadth of topics available to our listeners

Puccini: Turandot at Malmö Opera | Live Review

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Opera Now

'Sofia Jupither’s staging of Turandot does away with blood and guts, focusing instead on a tangible sense of hope and a community clinging to it with every fibre it has'

‘Schubert + Brahms’ – Schubert: Impromptus, D935. Drei Klavierstücke, D946. Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op 119 (Can Çakmur)

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

It would be difficult to imagine a less evasive Schubertian, or one who turns such an ironic eye on the amicable and domestic world of the ‘Schubertiads’

Pam Wedgwood wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| International Piano

Composer Pam Wedgwood to be recognised for her contribution to piano education

50 of the best classical pianists on record