Gramophone Features

New Year's Concert 2013
Focus

New Year's Concert 2013

Andrew Lamb watches the Vienna Philharmonic's annual feast of waltzes

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Focus

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

The Gramophone guide to the best Elgar recordings

The Firebird, 100 years on
Focus

The Firebird, 100 years on

The Royal Ballet's director of music Barry Wordsworth talks to Sarah Kirkup about the significance of Stravinsky’s first ballet score

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Focus

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

The Gramophone guide to the best Saint-Saëns recordings

Ravi Shankar (1920-2012)
Focus

Ravi Shankar (1920-2012)

An introduction to Ravi Shankar's music (Gramophone, December 2002)

Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012)
Focus

Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012)

Interview from Gramophone, February 1963. Reprinted to mark the death of the Russian soprano

Lisa Della Casa (1919-2012)
Focus

Lisa Della Casa (1919-2012)

Recommended recordings

My opera debut: Sir George Christie
Focus

My opera debut: Sir George Christie

The president of Glyndebourne Opera interviewed by his daughter, Louise Flind

Charles Rosen (1927-2012)
Focus

Charles Rosen (1927-2012)

Interviewed by Alan Blyth for Gramophone, February 1971