Latest News: Classical, Favourites
Favourites, Christmas Releases 2018
5th December 2018
Festive albums from artists including Masaaki Suzuki, Rolando Villazón, Daniel Behle, The Sixteen, Apollo’s Fire, and the Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
Favourites, Gifts for... Chamber and Instrumental Music enthusiasts
27th November 2018
Our top picks for fans of chamber music - including selected recordings, box sets, books and sheet music.
Favourites, Gifts for... Baroque and Early Music fans
22nd November 2018
Books and recordings for lovers of medieval, Renaissance and baroque music.
Favourites, Gifts for... Children (and grandchildren)
19th November 2018
A selection of recordings and books to introduce children of all ages to the delights of classical music.
Favourites, Gifts for... Pianists and piano fans
15th November 2018
From 2018's best new recordings and box sets, to informative books, insightful interviews and beautiful sheet music, we select our top gifts for piano players and piano lovers alike.
Favourites, Gifts for... Exploring classical music's great composers
13th November 2018
In our next gift guide we recommend new box sets, books and sheet music exploring popular composers as well as those further off the beaten track.
Favourites, Gifts for... Opera Lovers
8th November 2018
In the first of our festive gift guides, we've selected some perfect presents for the opera-lover in your life: from the latest recordings to the best books about opera.
Favourites, Leonard Bernstein
25th August 2018
On the composer's 100th birthday, Chris recommends some favourite recordings of his key works across all genres, from the ever-popular West Side Story to comparative rarities like Trouble in Tahiti and the song-cycles.
Favourites, Christa Ludwig at 90
16th March 2018
Katherine celebrates the great German mezzo's ninetieth birthday by picking out ten favourite recordings from her long and varied career.
Favourites, Christmas Releases 2017
6th December 2017
Ten of our favourite new festive recordings, from early music collections to traditional carols.
Favourites, Edvard Grieg
David picks some of the best recordings of the works of the Norwegian Romantic nationalist, Edvard Grieg.
Favourites, Camille Saint-Saëns
James explores the music of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns and chooses some of his favourite recordings.
Favourites, Jacques Offenbach
Katherine explores beyond the Barcarolle and the Can-Can to uncover some neglected gems…
Favourites, César Franck
David picks out some of the finest recordings of Belgian organist-composer César Franck.
Favourites, Richard Wagner
James selects some of his favourite audio and video recordings of the music of Richard Wagner from amongst the many outstanding available accounts.
Favourites, JS Bach Choral & Vocal Works
This week it's David's turn to attempt the impossible - whittling down the huge and distinguished choral discography of JS Bach and picking out the very best.
Favourites, Giuseppe Verdi
Katherine attempts to whittle her list of favourite Verdi recordings into double figures…
Favourites, Ludwig van Beethoven - Orchestral & Choral Works
James attempts the Herculean task of choosing his favourite recordings of orchestral and choral works by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Favourites, Sergei Rachmaninov
David picks out some recordings of the works of Rachmaninov, perhaps the greatest composer for the piano of the Twentieth Century.