Search

Charles Timbrell introduces a lesser-played masterpiece that was part of the miraculous outpouring of solo piano music Schumann composed in the years immediately before his marriage to Clara Wieck, and surveys its history on record

Meeting Sander Booij, one of the most gifted Dutch organ builders of his generation

Features

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Chris Bragg meets Sander Booij, one of the most gifted Dutch organ builders of his generation, as he takes over the leadership of one of the country’s most venerable workshops

Fraz Ireland - Glitterball for organ

Music Series

Monday, February 26, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Both innovative and idiomatic, this new organ piece explores the possibilities of registration and leaves organists to interpret its soundscape. Composer Fraz Ireland talks to Matthew Power

Top Picks: Looking back over 10 of our favourite Gramophone Podcast episodes

Features

Monday, March 4, 2024

| Gramophone

From Bach to John Williams... Join us as we explore the breadth of topics available to our listeners

Puccini: Turandot at Malmö Opera | Live Review

Review

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Opera Now

'Sofia Jupither’s staging of Turandot does away with blood and guts, focusing instead on a tangible sense of hope and a community clinging to it with every fibre it has'

‘Schubert + Brahms’ – Schubert: Impromptus, D935. Drei Klavierstücke, D946. Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op 119 (Can Çakmur)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

It would be difficult to imagine a less evasive Schubertian, or one who turns such an ironic eye on the amicable and domestic world of the ‘Schubertiads’

Pam Wedgwood wins Lifetime Achievement Award

News

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| International Piano

Composer Pam Wedgwood to be recognised for her contribution to piano education

50 of the best classical pianists on record

Features

Monday, January 1, 2024

| Gramophone

An introduction to the greatest classical pianists and their best recordings, featuring Martha Argerich, Vladimir Horowitz, Igor Levit and Maria João Pires

Jonas Kaufmann interview: ‘I could sing Parsifal many times every year, but I don’t ... It’s too precious to just use it as a vehicle to make money’

Features

Friday, April 5, 2024

| Gramophone

Jonas Kaufmann returns to one of Wagner’s great roles, in a production now issued by Sony Classical. He tells Mark Pullinger about being part of an all-star performance in an empty opera house – and reveals a wish list of future plans

English Touring Opera's Robin Norton-Hale: ‘If you don’t get any letters, that means people thought, “That was all right” – I’d rather they felt something’

Features

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

General director of English Touring Opera, Robin Norton-Hale discusses her sanguine drive to present ambitious performances in the current opera climate

Has opera had enough grey concrete?

Opinion

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

Why on earth am I being made to watch yet another operatic story told within grey concrete walls and under arid strip lighting?

Search Results

Editors' Choice 2023 - our favourite recordings of the year

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood on 'Handel for Trumpet'

Manchester-based creative wins DARE Art Prize

Samuil Feinberg: a life in the service of art

Schumann’s Faschingsschwank aus Wien | Repertoire Guide

Meeting Sander Booij, one of the most gifted Dutch organ builders of his generation

Fraz Ireland - Glitterball for organ

Top Picks: Looking back over 10 of our favourite Gramophone Podcast episodes

Puccini: Turandot at Malmö Opera | Live Review

‘Schubert + Brahms’ – Schubert: Impromptus, D935. Drei Klavierstücke, D946. Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op 119 (Can Çakmur)

Pam Wedgwood wins Lifetime Achievement Award

50 of the best classical pianists on record

Jonas Kaufmann interview: ‘I could sing Parsifal many times every year, but I don’t ... It’s too precious to just use it as a vehicle to make money’

English Touring Opera's Robin Norton-Hale: ‘If you don’t get any letters, that means people thought, “That was all right” – I’d rather they felt something’

Has opera had enough grey concrete?

Filter by

Article Types

Tags

Journals