Gramophone Features

Lord Berners' 1924 opera receives a UK premiere
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Lord Berners' 1924 opera receives a UK premiere

Peter Dickinson introduces this rare stage work ahead of its Dorset premiere

Some anniversary recommendations for Mozart's Symphony No 40
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Some anniversary recommendations for Mozart's Symphony No 40

A quartet of recent recordings we've enjoyed

Top 10 Classical Music Moments in Cinema
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Top 10 Classical Music Moments in Cinema

The greatest scene-stealing scores by Mozart, Wagner, Gershwin, Rachmaninov, Barber, Mahler, Strauss and Mascagni

Herbert von Karajan Remembered
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Herbert von Karajan Remembered

To mark the anniversary of Karajan's death, we reprint Richard Osborne's tribute from 1989

George Gershwin: 'Still Fairer Hopes'
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George Gershwin: 'Still Fairer Hopes'

75 years after Gershwin's premature death, Jeremy Nicholas asks: what would he have done next?

An Italian in Provence: Vittorio Grigolo’s La bohème
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An Italian in Provence: Vittorio Grigolo’s La bohème

The term ‘crossover’ does not do justice to the tenor discovered by Pavarotti, argues Stephen Mudge as he catches up with him in the Provençal town of Orange

A new composer for your collection?
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A new composer for your collection?

Andrew Mellor celebrates the music of Danish composer Rued Langgaard, who died 60 years ago today

Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand
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Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand

To celebrate Mahler's birthday on July 7, we ask: which recording of his vast Eighth Symphony is best?