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Hearing from composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad about her new work in collaboration with writer Kate Wakeling and the people of Southwell for chorus and orchestra at the Southwell Music Festival

Saint Louis Reflections

Review

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Gramophone’s former Editor Christopher Pollard has died aged 67

News

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

| Gramophone

Born April 30, 1957; died August 20, 2024

Video of the Day: VOCES8 perform Parry's 'I Was Glad'

Classical Music News

Friday, August 9, 2024

| Gramophone

VOCES8 and company get the LIVE From London Summer 2024 festival underway with a thrilling performance of Parry's anthem

Gramophone Awards Shortlist: The Top 3 recordings in each category

Features

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Explore the outstanding recordings shortlisted for Gramophone Awards this year

Apple’s classical ambitions: how BIS and Platoon are looking to the future of classical music

Features

Friday, August 9, 2024

| Gramophone

In this month’s column, James Jolly finds out about Apple’s obvious commitment to classical music and, especially, about one of its two labels, the London-based Platoon

The real reason men dominate major piano competitions

Features

Friday, August 30, 2024

| International Piano

Rhonda Boyle presents peer-reviewed evidence to explain the lack of women among the top prize winners at major piano competitions – this does not involve jury bias

Book review - Tchaikovsky’s Empire: A New Life of Russia’s Greatest Composer (by Simon Morrison)

Review

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise and finish

Katya Apekisheva: Q&A

Features

Friday, August 30, 2024

| International Piano

International Piano meets... Katya Apekisheva

Review - Berl Senofsky: American Virtuoso

Review

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with pianist Claude Fran

Review - ‘Movements’ (George Li)

Review

Friday, August 30, 2024

| International Piano

A fully convincing display of the still-young pianist’s musicianship, blending maturity, intelligence and sensitivity with fully fledged prowess

WNO orchestra announces strike action

News

Thursday, September 5, 2024

| Opera Now

Action short of a strike will take place during the opening night of Verdi's Rigoletto at Cardiff's Millennium Centre

Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony: a guide to the best recordings

Features

Friday, October 20, 2023

| Gramophone

The Sixth is the outlier among Beethoven’s symphonies, rural and rustic where the others are driven and dramatic. Richard Osborne makes a selection of the best versions from a rich recorded history

Schütz’s Musicalische Exequien: the best recordings

Features

Friday, June 14, 2024

| Gramophone

Heinrich Schütz’s German Requiem has become one of the most-recorded works of 17th-century German sacred music. Fabrice Fitch investigates its rich discography

Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata: a deep dive into the best recordings

Features

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

| Gramophone

Beethoven’s most popular sonata, the ‘Moonlight’, has been performed and recorded by hundreds of pianists over the past century. Jed Distler compares a judicious selection of recordings

Contemporary Composer: Arlene Sierra

Features

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| Gramophone

The substantial and individual work of this UK-based, US-born composer is championed by Richard Whitehouse

Icon: Fritz Kreisler

Features

Friday, August 9, 2024

| Gramophone

Tully Potter celebrates the prototypical Viennese-style violinist who for half a century was adored among peers, critics and audiences, and who made hundreds of recordings

Icon: Edwin Fischer

Features

Monday, January 9, 2023

| Gramophone

Celebrating the qualities of his playing and the many and varied achievements of this Swiss pianist, Stephen Cera highlights the fact that he deserves greater recognition as an innovator

Rostropovich: what made the cellist a 20th-century musical icon?

Features

Thursday, April 25, 2024

| Gramophone

Julian Lloyd Webber celebrates the artistry of a legendary fellow cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich, a Russian musician who was an outspoken advocate of human rights and an inspiration for many composers

Contemporary composer: Oliver Leith

Features

Friday, August 9, 2024

| Gramophone

Hattie Butterworth explores this young British composer’s unique influences and how collaborations are crucial to his work

Icon: Grace Bumbry

Features

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

| Gramophone

A tribute to the American soprano/mezzo Grace Bumbry who dreamt of becoming a Lieder singer then fell into opera

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Leonard Bernstein the Composer – with Edward Seckerson

Behind the scenes with John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders in Illinois

David Hill in conversation with ... Tori Longdon

'This is the ultimate community work': Cheryl Frances-Hoad on her Southwell Music Festival commission

Saint Louis Reflections

Gramophone’s former Editor Christopher Pollard has died aged 67

Video of the Day: VOCES8 perform Parry's 'I Was Glad'

Gramophone Awards Shortlist: The Top 3 recordings in each category

Apple’s classical ambitions: how BIS and Platoon are looking to the future of classical music

The real reason men dominate major piano competitions

Book review - Tchaikovsky’s Empire: A New Life of Russia’s Greatest Composer (by Simon Morrison)

Katya Apekisheva: Q&A

Review - Berl Senofsky: American Virtuoso

Review - ‘Movements’ (George Li)

WNO orchestra announces strike action

Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony: a guide to the best recordings

Schütz’s Musicalische Exequien: the best recordings

Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata: a deep dive into the best recordings

Contemporary Composer: Arlene Sierra

Icon: Fritz Kreisler

Icon: Edwin Fischer

Rostropovich: what made the cellist a 20th-century musical icon?

Contemporary composer: Oliver Leith

Icon: Grace Bumbry

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