Gramophone Features

Handel conquers London
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Handel conquers London

Richard Wigmore marks the 300th anniversary of Handel's era-defining move to London in 1712

A not so Quiet Life
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A not so Quiet Life

A pioneering figure is celebrated through an opera accessible to both the hearing and deaf. Michael McManus reports

The Harpa Hall, Reykjavík
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The Harpa Hall, Reykjavík

Watch James Jolly's video blog of his visit to Iceland

Behind the Image... The Real Glenn Gould
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Behind the Image... The Real Glenn Gould

James McCarthy on the many faces of Glenn Gould

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

In the composer's centenary year Andrew Achenbach celebrates Coleridge-Taylor's life and music

Rattle and the Berlin Phil: 10 best recordings
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Rattle and the Berlin Phil: 10 best recordings

Gramophone recommends the greatest recordings from Rattle's tenure as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic

Remembering Serge Koussevitzky - on his birthday
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Remembering Serge Koussevitzky - on his birthday

A Gramophone article from 1945 written while the great conductor still headed the Boston Symphony Orchestra