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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| Gramophone

In 2024, Europe will once again use the latest technology to celebrate music from down the centuries

Caricature or portrait: the depiction of Irish culture in Stanford’s opera ‘Shamus O’Brien’

Blogs

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| Gramophone

‘Paralleling contemporary shows such as Mrs Brown's Boys, its success lies in its ability to critique societal norms and highlight political tensions through a heightened, colourful, yet humorous lens’

Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes (Nikolai Lugansky)

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Lugansky takes us on an eternal journey, metamorphosing his Steinway into a larger-than-life orchestra intricate in texture, colour and associative imagery

Introducing the April 2024 issue of Gramophone, featuring Dalia Stasevska

Classical Music News

Friday, March 22, 2024

| Gramophone

Dalia Stasevska: the conductor on her mixtape | Sir Neville Marriner: celebrating the conductor's legacy on record

Dalia's Mixtape: Anna Meredith's Nautilus

Podcasts

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Gramophone

An exciting new orchestral project is launched in style

Sir James MacMillan awarded Ivors Academy Fellowship

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| Gramophone

The Ivors Academy to bestow highest award to the Scottish composer

Sir Andrew Davis: Obituary

Classical Music News

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

| Gramophone

A tribute to the great British conductor. Born: February 2, 1944; Died: April 20, 2024

Bizet: Carmen at the Royal Opera House | Live Review

Monday, April 8, 2024

| Opera Now

'Michieletto and his team have created a perfect twenty-first century Carmen'

Rediscovering Maddalena Casulana: unveiling the lost musical treasures of the Renaissance composer

Blogs

Friday, May 3, 2024

| Gramophone

We owe it to Maddalena Casulana to bring her music into the present and by recording it and publishing a modern score for further live performances, sending it into the future

Ponchielli: La Gioconda at Salzburg Easter Festival | Live Review

Monday, March 25, 2024

| Opera Now

Oliver Mears turns La Gioconda into a tale of abuse at the Salzburg Easter Festival

Kirill Gerstein on 'Music in the Time of War'

Podcasts

Friday, April 12, 2024

| Gramophone

Kirill Gerstein's new album links two composers – Debussy and Komitas – in a programme of powerful memories

Don't miss: The Malko Competition Final 2024

Classical Music News

Friday, April 19, 2024

| Gramophone

Watch the Malko Competition 2024 for Young Conductors Final on our website, on April 20

New Voices Singing Competition announces 2024 semi-finalists

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

| Opera Now

Showcasing exceptional UK talent, the semi-final will be held in June

Welsh National Opera cancels performances due to financial constraints

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| Opera Now

Performances in Bristol, Cardiff and Llandudno to be axed amidst new financial struggles

Review - Copland Conducts Copland: The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Thursday, May 23, 2024

| Gramophone

Andrew Farach-Colton revisits the Aaron Copland's recordings, in a new collection from Sony Classical

Giordano: Andrea Chénier at the Royal Opera House | Live Review

Friday, May 31, 2024

| Opera Now

Pappano's final production as the Royal Opera’s music director is a success

Review - Liszt ‘Complete Piano Music, Vol 61, Transcriptions from Operas’ (Martin Cousin)

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘Cousin makes a fair case for the 1836 first version of the Réminiscences des Huguenots’

After Debussy’s Jeux, what next?

Friday, June 14, 2024

| Gramophone

In this month’s guide to further listening, Mark Seow suggests a soundtrack to a summer of sport, starting with Debussy’s danced ballet, the tennis-themed Jeux

English Touring Opera to move from London to Sheffield

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| Opera Now

The touring company will relocate from London to Sheffield by October 2024

Win VIP tickets to Andrea Bocelli at BST Hyde Park

Thursday, June 6, 2024

| Opera Now

As part of his 30th anniversary celebrations, Andrea Bocelli will be headlining the London festival on Friday 5 July

Soprano, Sonya Yoncheva launches charity initiative for young musicians

Thursday, May 30, 2024

| Opera Now

The Bulgarian singer will begin the endeavour at her former music school

Howard Skempton: 50 Preludes and Fugues for Organ

Friday, May 10, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Top 20 Recordings

Thursday, April 11, 2024

| Gramophone

From The Lark Ascending to Sinfonia antartica, here are Ralph Vaughan Williams's greatest works in outstanding recordings from André Previn, Bernard Haitink, Adrian Boult and more

Igor Stravinsky: Top 20 Recordings

Monday, March 11, 2024

| Gramophone

Stravinsky was one of the most important and influential of all 20th century composers. Here we list 20 of our favourite recordings of his masterpieces that all make for highly rewarding listening

Book review - My Life in Music, by Sir Antonio Pappano