Long-term musical partnerships have been one of the hall-marks of conductor Christoph von Dohnányi's career, not least his almost two decades as Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra. During a recent visit to London, Gramophone's Editor and Publisher Martin Cullingford met Dohnányi, who has just celebrated his 86th birthday, to talk about this and about his approach to recording, for the latest Gramophone Podcast. It also contains excerpts from his new recording with the Philharmonia Orchestra, of Bruckner's Symphony No 9, released by Signum (you can read Gramophone's review of the recording here: Bruckner Symphony No 9)

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This week also sees the launch of a new digital archive of material relating to Christoph von Dohnányi's life and career. As well as biographical material, it features concert programmes, photographs, audio and video clips, and tributes to the conductor from colleagues and fellow musicians, and can be found here: Christoph von Dohnányi website

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