A beginner’s guide to the 50 greatest Mahler recordings, featuring extracts from the original Gramophone reviews There are many outstanding recordings of Mahler’s music, far too many for us to include them all here, but we hope that this list will offer you some ideal points-of-departure in your explorations of Mahler’s unique musical universe. We […]
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Radio 3’s Controller on how the station’s new season will be reflecting UK music and arts festivals As everyone involved in music will agree, Covid and its consequences have hit the industry hard – affecting musicians at all levels as projects became harder to do and frequently had to be postponed or abandoned. As well as […]
When Harrison Birtwistle agreed to participate in a recording of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale, he was acknowledging a deeply creative connection with the composer, writes Kate Molleson CONTINUE
Visiting ensembles to include the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, while anniversary themes include the BBC’s centenary This year’s BBC Proms has been announced, promising a summer season not unlike those of the pre-pandemic period. Orchestras from abroad – usually a feature of the Proms – will be back now that travel restrictions have eased, with Kirill […]
The greatest classical pianists make even the most familiar music seem freshly composed in the moment and their recordings continue to inspire new generations of listeners for many decades. We’ve chosen 50 of our favourite pianists for this list and could have easily chosen dozens more, yet we feel sure that there are enough life-changing […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FdNlhZAYBE “Antonio Vivaldi and Johann ebastian Bach were simply the best violinist to have ever graced this earth true masters of their craft. .. it is a privilege to hear such beauty ! Thank you for posting this. What a wonderful and thorough recording of all of the concerti. Both in the recording and […]
We know that we have a passionate and knowledgeable community of readers and followers on Facebook and Twitter, but even so we were delighted with the response we received last week when we asked the question ‘what classical recording are you most proud to own?’ Listed below are the most popular responses we received. Would […]
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Benedetti is the soloist with the Gothenburg Symphony and Thomas Søndergård Now this video is completely captivating. Published by the Gothenburg Symphony today, here is Nicola Benedetti performing Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto with an deeply introspective intensity and quite stunning virtuosity. You won’t be able to stop watching once you start – so make sure […]
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An introduction to the greatest classical pianists and their best recordings, featuring Martha Argerich, Vladimir Horowitz, Igor Levit and Maria João Pires Dip in and out HERE
Statues have been much in the news of late, but at their best can play a powerful part in helping history live among modernity, an engaging element of urban architecture reminding us of our inheritance. Composers’ statues – or sculptures, to see it more broadly – have a particularly valuable role, because while for Gramophone […]
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“The maverick and eccentric Percy Grainger rated himself more highly than Mozart and Tchaikovsky” MORE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPNrvzdn3qI “Released by Decca records, this is Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Symphony of Psalms Movement III = 48-80, composed by Igor Stravinsky. This piece was composed in 1930 and was commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. There are no names for the movements other than what the […]
Benjamin Grosvenor’s new Decca album focuses on one composer, Franz Liszt. The recording includes the B minor Sonata as well as the Petrarch Sonnets, the Réminiscences de Norma and some shorter works. Gramophone’s Reviews Editor, Tim Parry, caught up with Benjamin for this new Gramophone Podcast. Grosvenor, a former Gramophone Young Artist of the Year […]
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The greatest classical pianists make even the most familiar music seem freshly composed in the moment and their recordings continue to inspire new generations of listeners for many decades. We’ve chosen 50 of our favourite pianists for this list and could have easily chosen dozens more, yet we feel sure that there are enough life-changing […]