From Handel and Hendrix to Joseph Bologne, the power of context in appreciating music
- Saturday, June 17, 2023
Understanding history can add much to the impact of composers and their works
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An inspiring musical offering to an often under-served minority
- Monday, June 12, 2023
David Fray’s L’Offrande Musicale festival brings world class music-making to hundreds of disabled people, and the result is magnificent and moving
What lies ahead for classical recording?
- Monday, May 15, 2023
‘High costs and a vast catalogue concentrate the mind, and the result is release schedules full of purpose and creativity’
The beauty of Beethoven's symphonies arranged for piano duet
- Friday, April 21, 2023
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman make the case for exploring Beethoven's symphonies in their piano duet arrangements by Xaver Scharwenka
Keep raising your voices for classical music!
- Friday, April 14, 2023
Making a video, sharing speeches, signing petitions: it all makes a difference
Remembering Denis Stevens
- Monday, March 20, 2023
The early music pioneer and prolific record-maker's centenary fell last year – but why aren't more of his albums available?
Celebrating a century of Gramophone
- Friday, March 17, 2023
Gramophone's Editor introduces a special anniversary edition of the magazine
The power of Schubert’s Fantasie
- Friday, March 10, 2023
The extraordinary work holds a particularly personal power for Stella Chen - so how did early critics get it so wrong?
Celebrations, but warnings about funding, set the tone at the RPS Awards
- Thursday, March 2, 2023
Chairman John Gilhooly uses occasion to send a message to government
The magic of Mozart – for young and old alike
- Friday, February 24, 2023
A schools’ matinee at Covent Garden wonderfully demonstrates why opera is worth fighting for
A major new star-studded studio opera recording? That's worth celebrating
- Monday, January 30, 2023
Gramophone goes behind the scenes as Sir Antonio Pappano and his hand-picked soloists record Turandot
The power of collaborative commissioning
- Thursday, January 19, 2023
Hanna Grzeskiewicz of the Hermes Experiment questions how new music can be powerfully conveyed through a more collaborative commissioning process
New beginnings, new directions
- Thursday, January 19, 2023
What should an orchestra be in the third decade of the century? James Jolly discusses the challenges with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s new CEO, Mark Williams
The case for transcriptions
- Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Pianist Paul Wee writes about his latest CD, Gramophone's December Album of the Month, recording transcribed solo piano versions of renowned orchestral works
Gramophone Presents … Film Music
- Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Our Editor introduces a special edition of Gramophone, out now, celebrating music for the movies
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