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Top 20 Vaughan Williams recordings
From The Lark Ascending to Sinfonia antartica, here are Ralph Vaughan Williams's greatest works in outstanding recordings from André Previn, Bernard Haitink, Adrian Boult and more
Top 20 Ravel Recordings
From Boléro to Daphnis et Chloé, here are Maurice Ravel's greatest works in outstanding recordings from John Wilson, Martha Argerich, François-Xavier Roth, Quatuor Ebène and more
Inside Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata with Beatrice Rana
Beatrice Rana joins Harriet Smith to talk about finding a path through Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata
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Kirill Gerstein on 'Music in the Time of War'
Kirill Gerstein's new album links two composers – Debussy and Komitas – in a programme of powerful memories
Klaus Mäkelä on recording Stravinsky in Paris: From the Archive
A much-in-demand conductor talks about working with the world's great orchestras and recording two classic ballet scores in Paris
Exploring the music of Schubert
Richard Wigmore joins Editor Martin Cullingford to discuss the great composer's life and works
Paavo Järvi on Mendelssohn's symphonies
The Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich's Chief Conductor releases a cycle of the great composer's five symphonies
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Erato signs baritone Huw Montague Rendell
The partnership will begin with the singer's debut album 'Contemplation', released in September 2024
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Editor's Choice: April 2024 | The best new classical recordings
Featuring outstanding new accounts of Mahler's Symphony No 6, Smetana's Má vlast, Stravinsky's Petrushka, Bruckner's Symphony No 8, Wagner's Parsifal and much more
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 Cohen, and Marc-André Hamelin plays his own piano music
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Gramophone Presents ... Mahler
Our special edition reproduces the most significant articles about his music from our archives
Gramophone Presents ... Mozart
Our special edition draws on 99 years of the finest writing about the composer's music
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Exploring Schumann's chamber music
Pianist Théo Fouchenneret introduces two new recordings in the Schumann Collection: ‘Works With Wind Instruments’ and ‘Trios and Quartet For Piano and Strings (live)’
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Championing the music of Dorothy Howell: ‘Her music jumped off the page - it was evocative, bold and imaginative, overflowing with fantastic colours and character’
I hope listeners will love these colourful, characterful, skilful works as much as I do, and that they will also become enthralled with Dorothy Howell’s ferocious talent and fascinating story
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