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Béla Bartók: Top 20 Recordings

Thursday, March 21, 2024

| Gramophone

From the Concerto For Orchestra to Bluebeard's Castle, here are Béla Bartók's greatest works in outstanding recordings from Pierre Boulez, Susanna Mälkki, Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich and more

Robert Schumann: Top 20 Recordings

Features

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

| Gramophone

Twenty great Schumann recordings, featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Leif Ove Andsnes, Mitsuko Uchida, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and more

James B. Wilson - Last Words Of Those Long Dead

Music Series

Thursday, June 8, 2023

| Choir and Organ

In his work for unaccompanied eight-part choir, James B. Wilson has set deathbed haiku by a range of poets to create a work evoking peaceful sleep. He talks to Matthew Power

High End Show 2024: clarifications and mystifications in Munich

Features

Friday, July 12, 2024

| Gramophone

This year’s High End Show, held in Munich’s MOC, provided plenty of food for thought, with innovative demonstrations, unexpected arrivals and the odd head-scratching moment, says Andrew Everard

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Opéra National de Lorraine | Live Review

Review

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

| Opera Now

Bellini's opera takes a new form in the Wild West

Podcast revisited: Rob Cowan on listening to historic recordings

Podcasts

Friday, July 26, 2024

| Gramophone

Listen again to Gramophone's expert on archive albums, Rob Cowan, on what we learn from master musicians of the past

Busoni’s solo piano music: a comprehensive guide

Features

Friday, August 30, 2024

| International Piano

Richard Whitehouse offers a survey of the piano music of Ferruccio Busoni, from derivative early sketches to majestic late masterpieces, and explores its recorded history

Classical Season Preview 2024-25: North America

Features

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

What are the most exciting concerts and operas to look forward to over the coming season across North America? Jack Pepper is your guide

Buxton International Festival opera round up | Live Review

Review

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

| Opera Now

A round up of the operas from the 2024 Buxton International Festival

History and metaphor: the evolving role of prison in opera

Features

Thursday, August 22, 2024

| Opera Now

Composer William Gardner explores the history of prison in opera, introducing his new opera 'The Prison' for the Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival

Remember the radio?

Blogs

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Terrestrial radio tuners are something of a rarity these days – but even with the FM service looking set to remain for a while, is the answer to switch to online listening?

Review - G Benjamin: ‘Complete Piano Works’ (Erik Bertsch)

Review

Friday, August 30, 2024

| International Piano

Having this body of work in a single collection has its own justification, and no one – not least those who have heard him play Marco Stroppa (Kairos) – could doubt Bertsch’s expertise or dedication

Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony: a guide to the best recordings

Features

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Everest, or K2? Peter Quantrill surveys a peak of symphonic literature on record: Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat, Op 110: a guide to the best recordings

Features

Friday, July 12, 2024

| Gramophone

Beethoven’s penultimate piano sonata stands among the finest achievements of his later years. Charles Timbrell makes a personal selection from its substantial discography

Elena Ruehr: Contemporary Composer

Features

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

| Gramophone

A magisterial series of string quartets forms only one part of this US composer’s multifaceted output, finds Guy Rickards

Icon: Richard Crooks

Features

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Jeremy Nicholas celebrates the US tenor with a repertoire that spanned a wide variety of genres – a major star of the Met Opera who became a household name through radio