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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

| Opera Now

Oxfordshire-based opera company announces the resignation of Jennifer Smith, Executive Director since 2014

Ethel Smyth’s opera Der Wald: a journey of discovery

Monday, October 30, 2023

| Gramophone

John Andrews has gained a well-earned reputation for brilliant recordings of unknown operas and operettas. As he turns his attention to Ethel Smyth’s Der Wald, Richard Bratby listens in

Handel: Jephtha at Royal Opera House | Live Review

Monday, November 13, 2023

| Opera Now

A radical new staging of Handel's oratorio from director Oliver Mears and a star cast

Donizetti: The Elixir of Love at Thaxted Festival | Live Review

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

| Opera Now

An English language version of Donizetti's famous opera shone from Wild Arts at the Thaxted Festival

2023 International Opera Awards winners

Monday, November 13, 2023

| Opera Now

Winners were announced at a star-studded ceremony in Warsaw

Operalia 2023 Winners announced

Monday, November 6, 2023

| Opera Now

The gala concert finale took place in Cape Town

A brief history of classical music

Friday, February 24, 2023

| Gramophone

A guided tour of the key composers and artistic movements that have made classical music the rich art-form that today still entrances, moves and uplifts

Classics Reconsidered: the Takács Quartet’s late Beethoven String Quartets

Monday, December 11, 2023

| Gramophone

Peter Quantrill and Richard Bratby discuess the status of the Takács Quartet’s late Beethoven, recorded 2003-04

Contemporary composer: Chaya Czernowin

Friday, November 24, 2023

| Gramophone

The vitalist sound worlds of this Israel-born artist inspire younger composers and leave listeners entranced, finds Liam Cagney

Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict at Mid Wales Opera | Live Review

Friday, November 24, 2023

| Opera Now

Though small in scale, Mid Wales Opera's production of Berlioz's little-known opera brought great finesse

Penderecki at 90: A Lasting Influence

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

| Gramophone

The 90th anniversary of Penderecki's birth is the perfect chance to sample the diversity of work that sprang from a composer who remained intrigued by the infinite possibilities of sound

Introducing the January/February 2024 issue of Choir & Organ, featuring The Marian Consort

Friday, December 8, 2023

| Choir and Organ

The Marian Consort: Introducing Choir & Organ’s 2024 New Music partners

Choir & Organ Christmas offers

Thursday, December 7, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Save 25% on subscriptions and get free access to our digital archive

Mozart: the Gramophone Award-winning recordings

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

| Gramophone

Here is every Mozart recording to have won a Gramophone Award since 1977

New Music At Christmas: A Playlist

Friday, December 15, 2023

| Gramophone

Jack Pepper curates this guide to the finest contemporary Christmas pieces

Gramophone magazine: a history – the 1930s

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

| Gramophone

The decade the record industry came of age, a period of great creativity and ambition

Strauss: Elektra at the Royal Opera House | Live Review

Thursday, January 25, 2024

| Opera Now

Antonio Pappano leads a visceral presentation of Strauss' Elektra

Video of the Day: The Lamb

Classical Music News

Thursday, December 21, 2023

| Gramophone

VOCES8 perform a brand new setting of the William Blake poem

Introducing the January 2024 issue of Gramophone, Bruckner 200th anniversary special

Classical Music News

Friday, December 22, 2023

| Gramophone

Bruckner: the leading conductors of his music explore the symphonies | Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit from Abduraimov | Stravinsky's Firebird: the best recordings to hear

Recordings of the Year 2023: free digital magazine

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

| Gramophone

Our essential roundup of the most outstanding classical recordings of 2023, featuring all of our Recordings of the Month and Editor's Choices, plus the 2023 Gramophone Award winners

Critics Choice: Jan/Feb | The best new piano recordings

Thursday, February 8, 2024

| International Piano

Featuring outstanding new releases from Behzod Abduraimov, Mark Viner, Peter Donohoe and Katya Apekisheva & Charles Owen

Russell Thomas interview: ‘I will always speak for the idea that we need to have diverse voices’

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Opera Now

Redefining industry norms with his work on- and off-stage, tenor Russell Thomas shares how he is channelling trauma into powerful art to inspire and heal

Following Scottish Opera on its Opera Highlights tour

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Opera Now

We explore how Scottish Opera takes the joy of opera to remote Scottish communities

Bruckner's Symphony No 8, an introduction by Herbert Blomstedt