Latest News: Classical
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Obituary,
Byron Janis (1928-2024) 20th March 2024
The American pianist and composer, renowned for his interpretations of Romantic repertoire and in particular of Chopin, has died.
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Interview,
Beatrice Rana on Chopin and Beethoven 20th March 2024
The pianist talks about her new recording of Chopin's 'Funeral March' sonata and Beethoven's Hammerklavier Op. 106.
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Box Set Deep-Dive,
Vienna Octet Old and New 19th March 2024
Our guest-contributor Rob Cowan explores two anthologies of chamber music which 'will bless your listening hours with countless joys'.
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BBC Music Magazine Choices,
BBC Music Magazine - March 2024 Choices 18th March 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by Timothy Ridout's 'deft salute' to fellow viola-player Lionel Tertis on Harmonia Mundi.
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Recording of the Week,
Chopin and Beethoven from Beatrice Rana 15th March 2024
The Italian pianist presents an unusual pairing of sonatas - a sensitive, light performance of Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 complemented by a masterful and fearless Hammerklavier.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 15th March 2024 15th March 2024
Tchaikovsky from Alpesh Chauhan & the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven from Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos, Strauss & Mahler from Rafael Payare in Montreal, and a nocturnal recital from Elīna Garanča & friends.
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Recollections,
From The Lone Ranger to Rigoletto 14th March 2024In the fifth instalment of our Recollections series, Richard Inverne recounts how impersonating the masked hero to the strains of Rossini’s William Tell Overture as a toddler paved the way to falling in love with bel canto, Verdi, Puccini and more...
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Gramophone Choices,
Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2024 13th March 2024
Chris introduces this month's Choices, headed by a live recording of Janáček's Katya Kabanova from Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra and a cast headed by American soprano Amanda Majeski as a Katya of 'harrowing immediacy'.
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Favourites,
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) 13th March 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the arch-Romantic Lieder composer - best known for his intense, harmonically adventurous Mörike-Lieder, Italienisches Liederbuch and Spanisches Liederbuch.
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Interview,
Richard Baker on The Tyranny of Fun 12th March 2024
The composer talks about his new album of ensemble and choral works with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, out on March 15th on NMC Records.
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Interview,
Sebastian Studnitzky on 'Memento Odesa' 11th March 2024
The trumpeter and composer talks about his new EP of works recorded in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, in collaboration with the city's symphony orchestra and its conductor Volodymyr Dikiy.
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Recording of the Week,
Orchestral Works by Dorothy Howell 8th March 2024
Rebecca Miller conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in world premiere recordings of the Humoresque, The Rock, the Three Divertissements and Koong Shee plus a terrific account of Lamia - the Keats-inspired tone-poem which made the 21-year-old composer an overnight success after its Proms premiere in 1919.
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New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-Up - 8th March 2024 8th March 2024
Chopin and Beethoven from Beatrice Rana, Stravinsky and Debussy from Klaus Mäkelä & the Orchestre de Paris, Marian music from Andreas Scholl & Accademia Bizantina, and Wagner transcriptions from Nikolai Lugansky.
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Announcement,
Try our new Download Manager 7th March 2024
Find out more about our new Download Manager, offering a quicker, smoother and customisable way to manage your download purchases.
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Interview,
Michael Barenboim on Elgar and more 7th March 2024
The violinist discusses his recent recording of the Elgar concerto, his work as Dean of the Barenboim-Said Akademie, switching between violin and viola - and family values.
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Announcement,
Our streaming service turns one! 6th March 2024
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of our streaming service, we are giving you the chance to win a year's free subscription.
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Interview,
Daniel Hope on Dance! 5th March 2024
The violinist discusses his new project exploring 'the stories behind why people have felt the need to move to music through the ages', including music by Conforto, Piazzólla, Florence Price and Bartók.
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Presto Chart,
The Presto Chart - February 2024 4th March 2024
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, with Théotime Langlois de Swarte's 'compelling' album of Vivaldi concertos and transcriptions with Le Consort on Harmonia Mundi in first place...
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Favourites,
Bedřich Smetana at 200 2nd March 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the great Czech Romantic composer - best known for his stirring pictorial tone poem Má vlast and opera The Bartered Bride.
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Recording of the Week,
In The Shadows with Michael Spyres 1st March 2024
The American singer teams up with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset to explore some of the operas which influenced Wagner - including works by Méhul, Beethoven, Meyerbeer and Spontini.
