Revealed, the 250 greatest classical recordings, as selected for Gramophone by more than 30 leading musicians. Below, contributing editor and reviewer Rob Cowan muses on why artists …

Ranking the heavy hitters is by no means an easy task, but Gramophone has manfully taken the job in hand. Our panel of leading music critics comprised: Rob Cowan, James Inverne, James …

The Best Classical Music Albums of 2024 Friday, December 13, 2024 All of these outstanding classical albums were Editor's Choices in Gramophone magazine and are highly recommended.

Handel started composing the score of Messiah on August 22, 1741, and, after 24 days of concentrated creativity, finished its complete draft on September 14. The autograph score as it …

Jan 1, 2023 · A warm welcome to Gramophone's guide to the 50 greatest Schubert recordings, which now joins our similar guides to the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin and …

Nov 29, 2024 · Puccini: the great melodist Jack Pepper Friday, November 29, 2024 November 29 marks 100 years since the death of Puccini – to explore his art in detail, Jack Pepper talks to …

Apr 19, 2023 · The Magic Flute was a welcome operatic success for Mozart during his hectic final year. Richard Wigmore considers ten decades of recordings of this enchanting masterpiece

Editor's Choice: March 2024 | The best new classical recordings This month: Janáček's Katya Kabanova from the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle, Handel's Theodora by Arcangelo and Jonathan …

As a favoured festival spectacle, the 1812 Overture has long been ranked among the most adored, and also the most abhorred, works in the entire orchestral repertoire.Tchaikovsky …

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