This debut recording from the current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Baroque Ensemble makes for a very handsome calling card ...
Listeners will have their own pantheon of classic Mahler Ninth recordings but here is one that demands to be heard.
If one wonders why Johann Ludwig – Bach’s distant cousin, employed 150 miles away at the court of Meiningen – was so favoured ...
So many orchestrations of Schubert’s songs leave them all too comfortably upholstered. Not so Hans Zender’s chilling ...
It takes a strong constitution to tackle the third part of JS Bach’s monumental ‘Keyboard Practice’, which, on a superficial ...
The Gothic Symphony (1919 27) might yet set a record not only for its logistics but also the number of live performances, ...
American pianist Claire Huangci was described by Gramophone 's Jed Distler as an ‘artist poised for greatness’ in 2015 and her recordings since have been highly praised, particularly Scarlatti's piano ...
Jed Distler reads a majestic book on Beethoven’s chamber music: ‘Donat unwraps the complex layers of Beethoven’s ...
I doubt you’ll resist after hearing that! All profits from the sale of this box-set – which includes a sumptuous 248-page ...
Today’s Video of the Day showcases Matt Haimovitz on five-string cello piccolo and Christopher O’Riley on clavichord, as they perform Adagio from Bach’s Trio Sonata No.5 in C major.
The Cliburn announces the launch of a new program: the Cliburn International Competition for Conductors. Taking place in June 2028 in Houston, Texas, in partnership with the Houston Symphony and the ...
Hugo Shirley enjoys a great artist’s musings on the art of song and singing: ‘The personal nature of Gerhaher’s thoughts is ...