Latest stories
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Presto CD - l'Oiseau Lyre
22nd Nov 2014
The latest batch of Print On Demand titles, focusing on baroque and renaissance repertoire.
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Francis Poulenc
21st Nov 2014
Katherine selects some favourite recordings of the French composer Francis Poulenc.
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Maurizio Pollini completes his cycle of Beethoven Piano Sonatas
17th Nov 2014
James reviews Maurizio Pollini’s recently-completed cycle of Beethoven Piano Sonatas.
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Presto CD - Argo
15th Nov 2014
Here's the latest batch of our Manufacture On Demand titles, focusing on Argo recordings.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - November 2014
14th Nov 2014
Chris introduces the pick of the crop from this month's issue, which hit the shops earlier this week.
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Ton Koopman at 70
13th Nov 2014
David talks to early-music maestro Ton Koopman about the completion of his Buxtehude series, looking back over his career as he passes his seventieth birthday.
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Beethoven from the Elias String Quartet
11th Nov 2014
A new complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets performed by the Elias String Quartet, on the Wigmore Hall Live label.
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Jos van Immerseel conducts Carmina Burana
10th Nov 2014
James listens to Jos van Immerseel's new recording of the chamber version of Carl Orff's famous Carmina Burana.
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Johannes Brahms - Orchestral & Choral Works
7th Nov 2014
James surveys recordings of orchestral and choral works by Brahms, and selects some of his favourites.
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A new Bach Mass in B minor from Arcangelo
5th Nov 2014
David talks to the group's artistic director Jonathan Cohen about their ascent of this 'musical Mount Everest'…
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World premiere recording of Hasse's opera, Siroe Re di Persia
3rd Nov 2014
Katherine listens to the first ever recording of J A Hasse’s exotic opera, featuring vocal fireworks from Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli and Julia Lezhneva.
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Presto CD - DG Archiv
2nd Nov 2014
Introducing twenty newly-available baroque and Classical recordings from our Manufacture On Demand range.
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Mahan Esfahani on Rameau
1st Nov 2014
David talks to fast-rising star of the harpsichord Mahan Esfahani about his new disc of Rameau's Pièces de clavecin, out on Monday on Hyperion Records.
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Music for Hallowe'en
31st Oct 2014
David picks out some great recordings on the theme of all things Hallowe'en... discs that go bump in the night!
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Philippe Jaroussky sings Verlaine settings
30th Oct 2014
The countertenor returns to late-Romantic French song for his next project on Erato.
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Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim perform piano duos
27th Oct 2014
James listens to the new duet disc from two of today's greatest pianists – Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich.
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Vincenzo Bellini
25th Oct 2014
Katherine selects some favourite recordings of works by the bel canto composer.
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Vaughan Williams from Andrew Manze and the RLPO
23rd Oct 2014
Onyx Classics announce the commencement of a new cycle of Vaughan Williams's symphonies.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2014
23rd Oct 2014
Chris introduces the Editor's Choices from this month's issue, headed up by Igor Levit's superb new Bach disc on Sony.
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Lawrence Zazzo on A Royal Trio
21st Oct 2014
The countertenor talks to Katherine about his new disc of music commissioned by The Royal Academy of Music in the 1720s.
