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Chopin’s two sets of Études invested the didactic keyboard study with unparalleled artistry and musical substance. Jed Distler considers a selection of the finest recordings from the past 90 years

Vaughan Williams’s Concerto for Oboe and Strings: a guide to the best recordings

Features

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

| Gramophone

Vaughan Williams’s 1944 Concerto for oboe and strings is one of few such works to maintain a foothold in the repertoire. David Threasher listens to a selection of the available recordings

Johan Dalene interview: ‘You can be an emotional person even if you have not experienced serious struggles’

Features

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Johan Dalene talks to Andrew Mellor about his new album, which looks back to the great 20th-century virtuosos and rethinks their repertoire afresh – and about his career in general

Maria Callas – the operatic icon who transcends time

Features

Thursday, July 20, 2023

| Gramophone

Maria Callas embodies the drama, the passion and, ultimately, the tragedy that makes opera what it is

Editor's Choice: October 2024 | The best new classical recordings

Features

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Featuring outstanding new recordings from the Calidore String Quartet, La Serenissima and Adrian Chandler, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk

Review - recent Mengelberg releases from the archives

Review

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

‘Mengelberg’s performances – like Furtwängler’s – were for the most part products of careful interpretative planning’

'I’ve been unintentionally carving a niche for myself in creating script for opera' | Director and writer Laura Attridge on Pergolesi at Vache Baroque Festival

Features

Friday, August 30, 2024

| Opera Now

Director Laura Attridge shares her unique process of directing and creating a script for Pergolesi's L'Olimpiade at Vache Baroque Festival

Lliam Paterson: Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four at Leeds Opera Festival | Live Review

Review

Friday, August 30, 2024

| Opera Now

Lliam Paterson's new opera for the Northern Opera Group brought a thoroughly entertaining reading of Conan Doyle's classic

Introducing the Autumn 2024 issue of International Piano, featuring Isata Kanneh-Mason

News

Friday, August 30, 2024

| International Piano

Isata Kanneh-Mason: championing both Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn

Tippet Rise: when philanthropy really works

Features

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

| Gramophone

In US State of Montana, an arts-loving couple have created a very special environment where music and landscape come together. James Jolly reports from Tippet Rise

Inside Classeek: the organisation shaking up classical music for young artists with their latest launch

Features

Monday, October 7, 2024

| Gramophone

Jack Pepper reports on how aspiring musicians are receiving support though workshops, career advice, and insightful interviews on a new video library

Book review - Music in Edwardian London (by Simon McVeigh)

Review

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

| Gramophone

One of McVeigh’s great strengths is his forensic examination of the infrastructure of Edwardian musical life in London and a delineation of the driving figures behind its scenes

'You can't be as handsome as when you're young, but you're more interesting': Roberto Alagna Interview

Features

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

| Opera Now

Celebrating his 60th birthday, tenor Roberto Alagna looks back on 40 years of opera with a new profile album

Gramophone Choral Award 2024: Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius

Features

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

| Gramophone

A pioneering period-instrument Gerontius from Anna Stéphany, Nicky Spence, Andrew Foster-Williams, Gabrieli Roar, Polish National Youth Choir, Gabrieli Consort and Players, and Paul McCreesh

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Chopin’s Études: a deep dive into the best recordings

Vaughan Williams’s Concerto for Oboe and Strings: a guide to the best recordings

Johan Dalene interview: ‘You can be an emotional person even if you have not experienced serious struggles’

Maria Callas – the operatic icon who transcends time

Editor's Choice: October 2024 | The best new classical recordings

Review - recent Mengelberg releases from the archives

'I’ve been unintentionally carving a niche for myself in creating script for opera' | Director and writer Laura Attridge on Pergolesi at Vache Baroque Festival

Lliam Paterson: Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four at Leeds Opera Festival | Live Review

Introducing the Autumn 2024 issue of International Piano, featuring Isata Kanneh-Mason

Tippet Rise: when philanthropy really works

Inside Classeek: the organisation shaking up classical music for young artists with their latest launch

Book review - Music in Edwardian London (by Simon McVeigh)

'You can't be as handsome as when you're young, but you're more interesting': Roberto Alagna Interview

Gramophone Choral Award 2024: Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius

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