ANDREW CLEMENTS “Seven years have passed since Paul Lewis’s last solo Schubert recording, and this latest collection coincides with his continuing series of Schubert recitals. It groups together the three sonatas of 1825 and 1826 – the earliest of them, in C major D840 just a two-movement torso, the others, in D D850 and G D894, perhaps […]
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“Indian classical music is principally based on melody and rhythm, not on harmony, counterpoint, chords, modulation and the other basics of Western classical music. The system of Indian music known as Raga Sangeet can be traced back nearly two thousand years to its origin in the Vedic hymns of the Hindu temples, the fundamental […]
Rodney Chin, former Student of Musicology I’d like to think that Mozart would have enjoyed Chopin’s music; after all, it’s no secret that the latter held the former in the highest esteem, and Chopin was not in the habit of issuing compliments to others (and if he did, only grudgingly). However, he did genuinely enjoy […]
Are we experiencing a Golden Age of countertenor singing? The recordings highlighted here would certainly seem to suggest so… Continues HERE
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THE GUARDIAN: The Austrian composer’s first symphony meshed the imagination and narrative of the symphonic poem with the architectural cohesion of earlier models. His crazily ambitious project changed the genre for ever. It’s one of the most spellbinding moments of symphonic inspiration in the 19th century: the opening of Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony. It’s not […]
Gustavo Guardiola, Composer, bass player and professor of music composition for more than 22 years. He was certainly angry. On October 6th of 1802 Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers Carl and Johann. This letter has been known as the Heiligenstadt Testament -or you can call it the testament of Beethoven. In this letter […]
PHILIP RICE answers: Not “supposedly deaf”. DEAF! Here’s the thing. When you know enough music theory and have been around the block, and are one of the most talented musicians in history…. You look, or write notes on a page and know EXACTLY what it “sounds like”. This is called hearing a score in silence […]
The American composer talks about his orchestral work and its exploration of the instruments of the orchestra Click HERE to listen
Complete with the original Gramophone reviews of 50 of the finest Handel recordings available Read more HERE
She’s described as the world’s most exciting violinist. She talks to Ivan Hewett Please click HERE to continue
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
The violinist and cellist on recording Brahms and Clara Schumann Click HERE to listen
Stephen Hough ….. Recently a study was published revealing that an increasing number of children were choosing electric guitars and keyboards over violins and recorders. I must say I was surprised when I read this, not because of the shift itself but because I’d imagined this had happened long ago. The study suggested that wanting […]
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
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Each culture has a unique method of which it formulates its melodic form and this is because each culture has a set of rules and practices that are used by musicians and composers, and understood by musicians, composers, and listeners. (DVD 6.) The melodies in Arabic music are formulated by following a set of music […]
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
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 […]
They report: Kopatchinskaja, Currentzis and others take pieces from the past, and make them modern In his feature about Patricia Kopatchinskaja in the new issue of Gramophone, Andrew Mellor recalls her appearance at the Gramophone Awards in 2012. There have been many memorable performances at our annual event, but this is one that seems to get […]
Rupert Christiansen recalls a memorable encounter with celebrated conductor Sir Georg Solti. MORE
First published in 2012 Professor Armand Leroi from Imperial College London explains why he thinks a Darwinian computer program that can evolve music from noise could kill off the composer. You might think that creating the perfect piece of music – whether it’s a classical great, jazz masterpiece or pop hit – is all down […]