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Nigel Kennedy's recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto with the LPO and Vernon Handley won the Recording of the Year in 1985, but it was a vintage year with other prizes for Jorge Bolet, Bernard Haitink, Elisabeth Söderström, Neeme Järvi and more
Karajan's live recording of Mahler's Ninth took to top prize – Recording of the Year – at the 1984 Gramophone Classical Music Awards
Among the winning recordings in 1983 were Tippett's Triple Concerto, Bach's Mass in B minor, Boulez's Pli selon pli, and 'A feather on the breath of God'
Prokofiev’s most popular concerto has inspired a range of interpretations since the composer’s own 1932 recording. David Gutman picks the finest from a burgeoning discography
The 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition cello winner releases his first album
The American Chief Conductor of the Elbphilharmonie Orchestra talks about music in Hamburg, the effect of a new hall and his new recording of Brahms's Third Symphony
Martin Cullingford talks to Leif Ove Andsnes about Liszt's meditations on the Stations of the Cross
The author discusses her new biography about the life of pianist Myra Hess
A strongly string-themed week, with three cellists and two violinists in the spotlight, in music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Ina Boyle, and more
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