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Friday, July 28, 2023

| Gramophone

All Hyperion's Gramophone Award-winning albums among first 200 releases available from today

Yuja Wang interview: ‘I knew this would be a long concert, but I felt like a horse in a race, just keeping going to the end’

Friday, September 15, 2023

| Gramophone

Whether she’s undertaking a Rachmaninov marathon or embracing new repertoire, Yuja Wang’s virtuosity and curiosity are as compelling as ever – and it all seems to come so naturally

Recording focus: Marc-André Hamelin on Fauré's Nocturnes and Barcarolles

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| International Piano

Marc-André Hamelin is well known for his omnivorous appetite for the highways and byways of the piano’s repertoire. He talks to Harriet Smith about exploring the refined subtleties of a fin de siècle French composer

Monteverdi: Orfeo at Santa Fe Opera | Live Review

Monday, August 14, 2023

| Opera Now

With a modernised score by composer Nico Muhly, Santa Fe's first Orfeo draws on a 'diverse palette of colours'

An opera composer asks: who am I writing for?

Blogs

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

| Gramophone

Composer Will Todd talks about writing the opera Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ahead of a performance at If Opera

Introducing the September 2023 issue of International Piano, featuring Haochen Zhang

Friday, August 25, 2023

| International Piano

Haochen Zhang: bringing imagery and character to Liszt | Hamelin plays Fauré: the adventurous virtuoso explores a world of French refinement | Horowitz's legacy: reflections on a pianistic icon

Decca Icons: Sir Georg Solti

Podcasts

Friday, August 25, 2023

| Gramophone

We examine the artistry of one of the major conductors of the second half of the last century

Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking at The Metropolitan Opera | Live Review

Thursday, September 28, 2023

| Opera Now

Based on the memoir by Sister Helen Prejean focused on her experiences with prisoners on death row, Jake Heggie's opera opens the Met's 2023/34 season

Welcome to the New Streaming: introducing STAGE+

Thursday, October 19, 2023

| Gramophone

DG’s new single destination for watching, listening and exploring classical music proves that streaming is changing for the better

Oboist Maurice Bourgue has died aged 83

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

| Gramophone

A world-renowned oboist, he was no stranger to the concert stage or the recording studio

Joshua Weilerstein named next musical director of the Orchestre National de Lille

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

| Gramophone

The conductor will succeed Alexander Bloch in summer 2024

Video of the Day: Arcangelo plays Telemann ‘Quadri’

Thursday, September 21, 2023

| Gramophone

The intimate Paris Quartets are brought to life in the stunning surrounds of the Wren Library

Video of the Day: Listen to the haunting sound of the contrabass flute

Monday, October 30, 2023

| Gramophone

Flautist and composer Daniela Mars performs her new single 'Heartweaving'

Calling Young Composers

Thursday, October 5, 2023

| Choir and Organ

New choral composition competition with January deadline

The Art of Fugue Study Day

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Eminent Dutch musician Pieter Dirksen performs and explores Bach’s final masterpiece at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Winners announced for Northern Ireland International Organ Competition 2023

Thursday, September 28, 2023

| Choir and Organ

George Herbert has won first prize in the prestigious organ competition

The 50 best Beethoven recordings

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

| Gramophone

50 of the finest Beethoven recordings available, complete with the original Gramophone reviews, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mitsuko Uchida, Murray Perahia, Takács Quartet and more

The art of playing piano duets

Blogs

Friday, November 17, 2023

| Gramophone

'Listening skills, dialogue and a sense of shared endeavour are essential components, as in any chamber music collaboration'

Academy of Ancient Music: my favourite recordings, by Laurence Cummings

Blogs

Monday, November 13, 2023

| Gramophone

In celebration of the orchestra’s 50th anniversary, AAM Music Director Laurence Cummings looks back at some of his favourite AAM recordings

Bruce Liu: Waves

Monday, November 27, 2023

| International Piano

Liu makes his debut studio recording on DG with a recital devoted to French music

Bertrand Chamayou on his John Cage-Erik Satie album

Podcasts

Friday, November 17, 2023

| Gramophone

The Gramophone Award-winning pianist talks about his new album that pairs the music of Satie and Cage, 'Letter(s) to Erik Satie'

Parry: Scenes from Shelley’s ‘Prometheus Unbound’; Blest Pair of Sirens

Friday, November 10, 2023

| Choir and Organ

A lesser known work brought back to life

Recording the original version of Rachmaninov’s First Piano Sonata

Sunday, December 10, 2023

| International Piano

Lukas Geniušas has made the first recording of the unpublished original version of Rachmaninov’s Piano Sonata No 1. He talks to Jeremy Nicholas about exploring this absorbing work

Video of the Day: Yo-Yo Ma on The Magic of Music, Nature, & the Future

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Gramophone

Apple Music's Zane Lowe conducts a revealing interview with one of the leading musicians of our time – Yo-Yo Ma

Musicians' Union calls off further ENO strike action