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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| Opera Now

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

The greatest recordings of Haydn’s ‘Clock’ Symphony

Thursday, May 23, 2024

| Gramophone

Haydn’s Symphony No 101 caused a sensation when it was unveiled in London in 1794. Richard Wigmore selects his favourites among the many recordings of this irresistible work

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

Friday, June 14, 2024

| Gramophone

There are professional music writers who could do worse than learn from Pappano's example

Opera Now meets Guildhall Opera Makers: Time and Tide

Monday, June 17, 2024

| Opera Now

Opera Now meets the composers and writers on the Guildhall Opera Making MA, beginning with Will Gardner and Sara Clifford's opera 'Time and Tide'

Introducing the August 2024 issue of Gramophone: featuring Joana Mallwitz

Classical Music News

Friday, July 12, 2024

| Gramophone

Joana Mallwitz: the conductor on recording Kurt Weill symphonies in Berlin | Charles Ives: the composer who captured America’s spirit

The composer Alexander Knaifel has died at the age of 80

Friday, June 28, 2024

| Gramophone

Alexander Knaifel was one of the most prominent Russian composers of his generation

Magdalena Kožená on her new album 'Czech Songs'

Podcasts

Friday, June 7, 2024

| Gramophone

The mezzo-soprano on recording music by Martinů, Dvořák, Hans Krása and Gideon Klein

St Paul's Cathedral introduces girl choristers

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Two girls join the St Paul's Cathedral Choir as full members for the first time in its history

Imogen Holst: a foundational force

Friday, August 9, 2024

| Gramophone

Imogen Holst’s music plays a major part in contemporary music label NMC’s 35th-anniversary celebrations. Founder and Executive Producer Colin Matthews chats with Richard Bratby about the composer and her importance to NMC

Kristina Arakelyan - Te Lucis Ante Terminum

Music Series

Thursday, December 15, 2022

| Choir and Organ

Growing up in Armenia, Kristina Arakelyan lived side-by-side with Orthodox liturgy. She talks to Matthew Power about its influences on the first of our New Music partnership commissions with King’s College London

John Sturt - The Doubter’s Prayer

Music Series

Friday, April 14, 2023

| Choir and Organ

John Sturt found Anne Brontë’s poem resonated with him as he grappled with his own beliefs. He talks to Matthew Power about his new work for mixed choir and organ

Cydonie Banting - Introit for organ

Music Series

Friday, February 10, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Cydonie Banting talks to Matthew Power about her commission for solo organ, and how her composing has been influenced by her collaboration with Ugandan musicians

Obituary: Antonio Meneses

Classical Music News

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

| Gramophone

Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses: born August 23, 1957; died August 3, 2024

Backing Busoni’s Piano Concerto

Friday, August 2, 2024

| International Piano

Benjamin Grosvenor performs Busoni’s Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms marking 100 years since the composer’s death

Ton Koopman receives French honours