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Conductor Rudolf Barshai remembered
Rudolf Barshai’s death severs another connection to the glory days of Russian-Soviet music-making. Born in a Cossack village, Barshai was a Borodin Quartet member before that ensemble acquired its name. Its 87.5 per cent Jewish line-up...
10th Nov 2010
Barenboim joins DG and Decca Classics
Daniel Barenboim has signed a major recording deal with Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics, set to continue beyond 2012. Encompassing Barenboim’s work as both a conductor and pianist, the extensive plans include the artist’s first recordings...
2nd Nov 2010
November 2010 issue of Gramophone out now
In the November issue of Gramophone we pay tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland , one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century, who died in October. Gramophone critics John Steane and Edward Greenfield, along with...
1st Nov 2010
New in the Gramophone Player
Welcome to this month’s Gramophone Player, where you can listen to music related to the latest edition of Gramophone magazine, as well as explore some superb Archive discoveries. The cover of the November issue of Gramophone...
26th Oct 2010
First woman in 45 years wins Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
The results of the 16th International Fryderyck Chopin Competition in Warsaw have been announced. First Prize was awarded to 25-year-old Russian Yulianna Avdeeva. She is the first female winner of the First Prize in 45 years,...
23rd Oct 2010
The Gramophone Quiz No 2 is now online
Each month, Gramophone 's online quiz asks you to draw on your musical knowledge – and your skill at using a search engine (or, if you prefer, you are very welcome to reach over to your...
21st Oct 2010
Universal Music pledge renewed focus on classical
There have been rumblings in the music industry for some time that the executives at Universal Music were preparing to inject new life into their classical divisions. Not that DG and Decca, who between them have...
19th Oct 2010
Stradivari violin sells for $3.6m - beating auction record
STORY UPDATED OCT 19: A Stradivari violin known as the "Molitor", thought originally to belong to Napoleon Bonaparte, has sold on-line for a record $3.6 million. The previous world record for a musical instrument at auction...
19th Oct 2010
From awkward-squad to senior composer
Ten years ago, a weekend devoted to Helmut Lachenmann’s music at the Southbank would have been unthinkable. Lachenmann was deemed a bovver-boy composer – one of the awkward-squad whose music had a tendency to pose unpalatable...
18th Oct 2010
Dame Joan Sutherland has died
Dame Joan Sutherland, one of the great sopranos of our time, has died aged 83. With Maria Callas she spearheaded the post-war revival of the bel canto repertoire, in a career that stretched from her debut...
11th Oct 2010
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