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Koris Maska: Baltic beacon

Features

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

| Choir and Organ

From rural beginnings to international acclaim, Latvia’s Koris Maska received first prize last year at the Derry International Choir Festival. Clare Stevens learns about the choir’s genesis and secret to success on the global stage

‘Unplayable’ organ? Challenge accepted!

Features

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

| Choir and Organ

The Salisbury Organist considers the beauty in the imperfection of village organs, while exploring the importance of silence in his practice

Sing for Pleasure announces diamond jubilee conference 'Shaping the Choral Future'

News

Thursday, August 22, 2024

| Choir and Organ

The choral charity hosts a day conference in celebration of its 60th anniversary looking at the future of choral music

Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies Organ Transcriptions Vol 9

Review

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Elgar’s Sea Pictures: a guide to the best recordings

Features

Monday, November 6, 2023

| Gramophone

Janet Baker’s famous recording of Elgar’s song-cycle is justly regarded as a gramophone classic but Andrew Farach‑Colton sets sail in search of its challengers, old and new

Classics Reconsidered: Walton’s Cello Concerto (Gregor Piatigorsky, Boston Symphony and Charles Munch)

Features

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

| Gramophone

Charlotte Gardner and Richard Bratby discuss Piatigorsky’s premiere recording of Walton’s Cello Concerto, made in 1957

Contemporary composer: Daníel Bjarnason

Features

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Andrew Mellor shines a spotlight on the fascinating Icelandic composer probably best known as a conductor

Inside Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 2, with Zlata Chochieva

Features

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

| Gramophone

Zlata Chochieva talks to Jeremy Nicholas about playing this uniquely demanding work

Beginnings and Endings: A personal view of Mahler through his First and Ninth Symphonies

Blogs

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

| Gramophone

Conductor David Bernard describes how exploring Mahler’s First and Ninth Symphonies together unlocks insights about Mahler and his Music

Gramophone Label of the Year 2024: Opera Rara

Features

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

| Gramophone

A unique organisation that champions lesser-known opera gems on record and stage

Gramophone Young Artist of the Year 2024: Yunchan Lim

Features

Thursday, October 3, 2024

| Gramophone

Rarely has a young pianist made such an impression so quickly, as competition success and a debut studio album confirm Yunchan Lim to be an exceptional talent

BBC Singers and National Youth Choir announce partnership to nurture next generation of singers

News

Friday, October 4, 2024

| Choir and Organ

The three-year partnership was formally marked by a joint performance at the Barbican, London

Video: Carolyn Sampson reflects on winning Gramophone's Artist of the Year Award 2024

Features

Thursday, October 17, 2024

| Gramophone

In an interview filmed on the night of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards, Carolyn Sampson reflects on what this Award means to her

Exploring Mander Organ Builders

Features

Friday, November 8, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Paul Hale visits the workshops of Mander Organ Builders, near Canterbury, where a variety of projects add to Britain’s organ-building heritage. Photos courtesy of the organ builder

Celebrating David Oistrakh with Bruno Monsaingeon

Features

Friday, November 1, 2024

| Gramophone

To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the legendary violinist David Oistrakh, Bruno Monsaingeon has curated a commemorative set. James Jolly went to visit him

Bryan Dunnewald: meeting the newly named president of Schoenstein & Co

Features

Friday, November 8, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Bryan Dunnewald, newly named president and tonal director of California organ builder Schoenstein & Co, has emerged as one of the most prodigious young people on the US organ scene. He talks to Jonathan Ambrosino. Photos courtesy of the organ builder.