GRAMOPHONE In 2019, Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin performed Schubert’s great song-cycle in concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Erato were on hand to record it. James Jolly caught up with the multi-Gramophone Award-winning mezzo to talk about her unique approach to the work. As one of a handful of women singers who have […]
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GRAMOPHONE: Joined by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the American mezzo takes a different approach to this song masterwork In 2019, Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin performed Schubert’s great song-cycle in concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Erato were on hand to record it. James Jolly caught up with the multi-Gramophone Award-winning mezzo to talk about her […]
GRAMOPHONE Liszt’s piano music, with Alexander Ullman Alexander Ullman’s new album featuring Liszt’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 and the Sonata in B Minor, is released today on Rubicon Classics. For this week’s episode of the Gramophone Podcast, the Award-winning pianist joined Editor Martin Cullingford to explore this extraordinary music, its beauty and its […]
Annie Nightingale led the way as Radio 1’s first female DJ and introduced a generation to exciting new sounds as the face of the Old Grey Whistle Test from 1978. Back then, punk was hard to find on mainstream television and Annie sought to build a platform for young people to have their say. In […]
A musician is halfway through a public performance when they realise they might not make it to the end. Their body is fighting them, they’re in extreme pain. But stopping is not an option so they push on. No one would know. But boy does the musician know it. When they come off stage, they […]
Lost In Translation with Andrew Scheps provides an engaging, revelatory and humorous presentation of current audio format comparisons. The demonstration showcases the auditory differences of master recordings played back in different formats such as vinyl, CD, MP3, AAC and online streaming models. Scheps (http://www.uaudio.com/blog/artist-int…) has engineered and mixed for some of the biggest acts in […]
PS AUDIO / Paul McGowan There are tons of misconceptions and even a few audio myths growing around the subject, so I think he’s right. Today we will start with a simple overview, then dig in a bit deeper in the days to follow. Creating a seamless streaming music experience requires a well-designed system comprising […]
Previously published here THE GUARDIAN https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/12/songwriters-fight-to-be-heard-in-streaming-revenues-debate
Spotify is the largest global music streaming subscription service. It is building a two-sided music marketplace for users and artists, which is powered by data, analytics, and software. In this case study, Ola Källgården reveals how Olingo, a Swedish management consulting company, helped Spotify to embrace the principles of ITIL. https://www.axelos.com/case-studies-and-white-papers/spotify-itil-case-study
Sound On Sound write ….. The way we listen to music has changed fundamentally in recent years. Not only are we not buying CDs any more, but increasingly, we’re not buying downloads either. Instead, streaming is now the main route by which music reaches the ears of the public. Last year, for example, 431 billion […]
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The American composer talks about his orchestral work and its exploration of the instruments of the orchestra Click HERE to listen
Elena Schwarz conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Brahms’s Double Concerto, Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements and Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony. Click HERE to listen
Soul, R&B, funk, disco and everything in between. Listen out for Trevor’s signature game, 5 Seconds to Name. He’ll play you a musical mash-up from one act and you must identify who it is. Each night on the show, we return to your Musical Youth… email Trevor@bbc.co.uk with your story and the song that transports […]
The violinist and cellist on recording Brahms and Clara Schumann Click HERE to listen
The French harpist turns his attention to works by Reinhold Glière and his pupil Alexander Mosolov, the latter a first recording Click HERE to listen
On this week’s Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford talks to Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the Principal Conductor Designate of the Philharmonia Orchestra, about his first recording with the orchestra, excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, which is available now on Signum Classics. Continues HERE
Live music a go go this evening, from a set Bill Callahan recorded last week for Marc, Courtney Barnett live in the studio and The Rezillos from the BBC archive – great eh? There’s Anagram Sam and Rusholme Roulette – of course. Plus a treat for the end of the week (nearly) as Rob Hughes, […]
10 Nov 2022 Available for 29 days Click HERE to Listen Penny Gore continues this week of programmes with a performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony from the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava. Jordi Savall brings us one of the Cantigas de Santa Maria every day this week, there’s Renaissance polyphony from Stile Antico, plus […]
Trevor’s pick of the best in soul. Click HERE to listen
Classical pianist and Young Steinway Artist Haley Myles is releasing her second album, dedicated to Chopin’s Nocturnes. Inspired by the intimate salon aesthetic that was prevalent in Chopin’s time, Haley recorded and produced the album on her Steinway and Sons M at her home in Lyon, France. ‘The Complete Nocturnes’ is a natural extension of […]
This week’s Podcast guest is pianist Angela Hewitt, who tells Editor Martin Cullingford about her beautiful new album ‘Love Songs’, transcriptions of songs by composers including Schumann, Schubert, Richard Strauss, Gluck, Grieg and De Falla – with arrangements by pianists and composers including Liszt, Godowsky, Grainger and Hewitt herself. The album is out today on […]
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