Setting sail into Verdi: Opera Rara and the 1857 Simon Boccanegra
Mark Pullinger meets Opera Rara’s Henry Little and Roger Parker to discover why they’ve studio-recorded a rare version of the Verdi, and hears from two of the young singers involved
Features
Vivaldi's Gloria: a guide to the greatest recordings
Vivaldi’s Gloria, RV589, has long been a favourite of choral societies and a fixture on recordings. Lindsay Kemp traces the work’s re-emergence following two centuries of neglect
The best online classical concerts and events this month (April 2025)
Charlotte Gardner explores a range of web-based concerts
How to make the most of your speakers
Changing loudspeakers will always alter the sound of your hi-fi system, but you can often achieve as much by optimising the set-up of the speakers you already have
The Gramophone Podcast
Attacca Quartet on Ravel and relationships
The group on Ravel's String Quartet, working with Billie Eilish and becoming genre blind
Pianist Bertrand Chamayou on his 'Ravel Fragments' album
The French pianist offers a birthday tribute to a composer who occupies a very special place in his repertoire
Ian Bostridge and Saskia Georgini on Schumann songs
The tenor and pianist join the Gramophone podcast to talk about their new album, Twilight Schumann Songs
Baritone Benjamin Appl on his collaboration with György Kurtág
The singer discusses creating his Alpha album with the great Hungarian composer and pianist
News
BBC Radio 3 announces new series celebrating 20th-century musical visionaries
The 40-part series ‘20th Century Radicals’ will spotlight composers who reshaped the musical landscape – alongside a major day of broadcasts honouring Pierre Boulez’s centenary.
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Editor's Choice
Editor's Choice: April 2025 | The best new classical recordings
This month we feature outstanding new accounts of Puccini's Tosca, Weinberg's The Passenger, Machaut's. songs, Walton's Violin Concerto and much more
Editor's Choice: March 2025 | The best new classical recordings
Featuring outstanding recordings from María Dueñas, Sir Stephen Hough, Alina Ibragimova, Jerusalem Quartet and more
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Why make a high-end CD player in 2025?
Launching a high-end CD player may seem like a brave endeavour in what is increasingly...
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Blogs
I had to tell my wife I would no longer be able to earn a living as a concert pianist
The pianist Rustem Hayroudinoff on recovering from focal dystonia – a condition renowned for ending performing careers
As two early career female musicians, we felt it was our responsibility to create positive change: the musicians behind EMPOWER
EMPOWER Women Changing Music is about to host its first event at King's Place. Co-founder Sinead Walsh shares her journey from disillusionment to setting up the successful project celebrating women in...
Why I’m Leaving the UK and moving to Madrid: a reflection on music, opportunities, and the changing landscape for emerging artists
'With the already meagre trickle of money to emerging musicians becoming pinched, and many "aging out" of certain schemes before graduating, numerous gifted artists have left the profession entirely'
Beethoven goes manga for 'Beethoven Wars'
Conductor Laurence Equilbey explains how Beethoven’s King Stephan and Ruins of Athens inspired the first manga opera for the big screen – Beethoven Wars
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