JUDGE FOR YOURSELF: Pavarotti versus Corelli: who’s really king of the high Cs in Il Trovatore?

From the archives Tim Wong writes: I grew up listening to a recording of Verdi’s Il Trovatore my father bought. It’s the Franco Corelli version with Thomas Schippers conducting. I was instantly captivated by his heroic style and especially how he threw himself into the aria Di quella pira. In an extremely silly plot, it’s […]

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JOHN MAYALL: Crusade

Terrific. A very strong album. Needs no further comment from us. However AMG said: “Crusade is most notable for the appearance of a very young, pre- Rolling Stones Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Taylor’s performance is indeed the highlight, just as Eric Clapton, Peter Green’s playing was on the previous album. The centerpiece of the […]

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MASSIVE ATTACK: The long read

Misunderstood masterpiece or unmitigated disaster? Massive Attack’s 100th Window at 20 The trip-hop collective’s fourth album left both fans and critics scratching their heads. But, with the project’s themes of digital paranoia, political tumult and anti-war sentiment, Ed Power argues that it’s never been more relevant Twenty years ago, Massive Attack’s golden streak went up […]

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MOZART: Symphony No 41, ‘Jupiter’: 10 Great Recordings (with Rob Cowan and James Jolly)

GRAMOPHONE Rob Cowan and James Jolly discuss their favourite recordings of Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ Symphony and choose a modern recommendation for the piece Welcome to Episode Two in our series featuring Rob Cowan and James Jolly as they explore and compare recordings of great works. Episode One featured Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, but for Episode Two James […]

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PODCAST: One of our picks of the day

GRAMOPHONE: Adam Walker on French music for flute This week’s podcast sees acclaimed flautist Adam Walker join Gramophone Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about his two new albums of French music, both released on Chandos Records. The first, ‘French Works for Flute’, sees him joined by pianist James Baillieu in music by Franck, Widor, Saint‑Saëns […]

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STEVE MARRIOTT: I Need Your Love ……(Like a Fish needs a Raincoat) 1962-1991 (10″ Vinyl)

    Limited to 500 copies this 10” record covers the uber rare recordings of Steve Marriott before the Small faces. All tracks re-mastered. An album of rarities from the archives of the Marriott estate covering Four Decades. Includes ultra rare unreleased material from pre Small Faces days. Features the very first recordings Steve ever […]

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BACH: Sonatas and Partitas?

There is something about Bach that can simultaneously soothe my often aching brain while also stirring my flagging soul and nothing more so than the sonatas and partitas for solo violin (though I don’t mind a bit of flute or oboe now and again either. I’ve been listening to quite a few recordings lately but […]

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VINYL: Watch a stunning microscopic slow-motion video of a needle on a record

Anton Spice writes: An electron microscope captures the moment stylus meets groove in slow-motion. The good folk behind Youtube channel Applied Science have shared an incredible new video of a stylus riding the grooves of a vinyl record in ultra-slow motion using an electron microscope. Cutting off small sections of an LP to fit the […]

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