Could a composer ask for a more sincere and committed advocate than conductor Andrew Manze? As he releases a new recording with his beloved RLPO, he chats with Andrew Mellor about his many and varied ...

As Arvo Pärt enters his tenth decade, Andrew Mellor examines how the worlds of contemporary music, recording, performance practice and geopolitics continue to respond to this most pivotal of figures ...

Today's Video of the Day is a performance of 'Shall we gather at the River' by VOCES8, VOCES8 Scholars, VOCES8 Alumni and the BBC Singers arranged by Blake Morgan. This video marks the first day of ...

Mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and lutenist Thomas Dunford’s new album of Dowland and Purcell with the Jupiter ensemble is very much a ‘family’ affair, as they tell Mark Seow ...

Arvo Pärt: celebrating the composer at 90; Lea Desandre and Thomas Dunford record songs of passion; Debussy's Le martyre de Saint Sébastien: the top versions ...

It’s a staggering achievement, helped partly by Solbrekken’s having written two previous Flagstad books and being an expert in Second World War Norwegian history, as well as being a playwright' ...

Jeremy Nicholas champions an almost forgotten Hungarian pianist who not only worked as teaching assistant to Bartók but also played under some of the great European conductors ...

Fly on the Wall launches The Collection (2025-2025), a documentary project by musician and filmmaker Stewart French. This unique online exhibition offers an unfiltered behind-the-scenes look at ...

Gramophone 's Orchestra of the Year Award is the only Gramophone Award decided by public vote ( vote here ). The six orchestras nominated this year are: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic ...

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The top prize in 1996 went to Stephen Hough's recording of concertos by Scharwenka and Sauer with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Lawrence Foster ...