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Toscanini's last stand

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

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The great Toscanini’s final concert with his beloved NBC Symphony Orchestra came dangerously close to disaster. Mike Ashman tells the poignant tale

The golden age of the American symphony

Features

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| Gramophone

Peter Dickinson examines how American composers reinvented the symphony in the first half of the 20th century and recommends some key recordings to seek out

The relevance of classical music

Blogs

Thursday, November 10, 2016

| Gramophone

Classical music is right to champion the young

Blogs

Monday, January 30, 2017

| Gramophone

Playlist: Four Last Songs – when music mirrors life

Features

Monday, September 26, 2016

| Gramophone

Hugo Shirley takes Strauss's Four Last Songs as his starting point for a musical journey

Video of the day: music will be theirs

Features

Friday, November 18, 2016

| Gramophone

How In Harmony Opera North is transforming music education in the Belle Isle area of Leeds

Jordan de Souza appointed Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper Berlin

Classical Music News

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

| Gramophone

The Canadian conductor takes up his new position in 2017

Watch: Hilary Hahn plays Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1

Features

Thursday, December 22, 2016

| Gramophone

Hahn plays Bruch's evergreen concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Watch: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer record Bach

Features

Monday, February 13, 2017

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The first movement of Bach's Trio Sonata No 6 in G, BWV 530

John Adams interview: 'I don’t think you can be a great composer unless you have a feeling for harmony'

Features

Monday, February 13, 2017

| Gramophone

John Adams has managed both to provoke and to console a nation with his trailblazing works. Philip Clark meets the American composer

Icon: Alfred Deller

Features

Monday, March 27, 2017

| Gramophone

Richard Wigmore pays tribute to the pioneering singer who revived the countertenor voice

David Daniels on Handel's roles for countertenor

Features

Monday, March 27, 2017

| Gramophone

Insights into the special demands of singing Handel's music for countertenors today

Reputations: Leontyne Price, every inch the prima donna

Features

Monday, February 6, 2017

| Gramophone

One of America's leading sopranos for over three decades, and a favourite with conductors from Karajan to Levine, Alan Blyth pays tribute

Gramophone recommends: outstanding recent countertenor recordings

Features

Monday, March 27, 2017

| Gramophone

Are we experiencing a Golden Age of countertenor singing? The recordings highlighted here would certainly seem to suggest so...

Contemporary composer: Georg Friedrich Haas

Features

Thursday, March 16, 2017

| Gramophone

Philip Clark on the Austrian composer championed by today’s great maestros

Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – a quick guide to the best recordings

Features

Thursday, February 16, 2017

| Gramophone

A quick overview of the greatest recordings of Vaughan Williams's Tallis Fantasia

This week: Gramophone celebrates John Adams at 70

Classical Music News

Monday, February 13, 2017

| Gramophone

This week on the Gramophone website we are celebrating the 70th birthday of the great American composer John Adams

Angela Gheorghiu announces a new album of verismo arias

Classical Music News

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

| Gramophone

In a video message, the Romanian soprano introduces her forthcoming album 'Eternamente', her first new opera recital album for six years

Competition: win 'Star Wars – The Ultimate Vinyl Collection', courtesy of Sony Music

Features

Monday, February 20, 2017

| Gramophone

Simply answer our multiple-choice question to be in with a chance of winning this stunning 11-LP box-set

Brahms – the complete guide, part 3: vocal music

Features

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

| Gramophone

In the third of a three-part series, Michael Quinn talks about Brahms's vocal music with Barbara Bonney, Marcus Creed and Graham Johnson

Music for Holy Week: a specialist's guide

Features

Monday, April 3, 2023

| Gramophone

Edward Breen draws on the vast musical repertoire associated with the week just before Easter, resulting in a fascinating and varied selection encompassing pieces by composers from Thomas Tallis to John Adams

Olli Mustonen at 50 – Steven Isserlis leads the birthday tributes

Features

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

| Gramophone

Warm birthday wishes from close musical collaborators, including Rodion Shchedrin, Stephen Hough, Paavo Järvi and Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Contemporary composer: Julian Anderson

Features

Friday, March 31, 2017

| Gramophone

Peter Quantrill pays tribute to the Award-winning composer whose music ‘has a sure sense of its place in the world’

Contemporary music deserves our support

Blogs

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

| Gramophone

Vivaldi – music and manuscripts

Features

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

| Gramophone

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Toscanini's last stand

The golden age of the American symphony

The relevance of classical music

Classical music is right to champion the young

Playlist: Four Last Songs – when music mirrors life

Video of the day: music will be theirs

Jordan de Souza appointed Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper Berlin

Watch: Hilary Hahn plays Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1

Watch: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer record Bach

John Adams interview: 'I don’t think you can be a great composer unless you have a feeling for harmony'

Icon: Alfred Deller

David Daniels on Handel's roles for countertenor

Reputations: Leontyne Price, every inch the prima donna

Gramophone recommends: outstanding recent countertenor recordings

Contemporary composer: Georg Friedrich Haas

Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – a quick guide to the best recordings

This week: Gramophone celebrates John Adams at 70

Angela Gheorghiu announces a new album of verismo arias

Competition: win 'Star Wars – The Ultimate Vinyl Collection', courtesy of Sony Music

Brahms – the complete guide, part 3: vocal music

Music for Holy Week: a specialist's guide

Olli Mustonen at 50 – Steven Isserlis leads the birthday tributes

Contemporary composer: Julian Anderson

Contemporary music deserves our support

Vivaldi – music and manuscripts

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