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Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture: the complete guide | Gramophone
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture: the complete guide Geoffrey Norris Tuesday, January 3, 2023 A complete guide to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, including how audiences, performers and the composer himself have responded to this iconic and surprisingly controversial work
The 50 best Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart recordings - Gramophone
The 50 best Mozart recordings Wednesday, November 1, 2023 50 of the finest Mozart recordings in history, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado, plus extracts from the original Gramophone reviews
The 50 best Johann Sebastian Bach recordings | Gramophone
The 50 best Johann Sebastian Bach recordings Gramophone Sunday, January 1, 2023 50 of the finest JS Bach recordings available – complete with the original Gramophone reviews – featuring Glenn Gould, Angela Hewitt, Isabelle Faust, Murray Perahia and more
Top 10 String Quartets - Gramophone
Top 10 String Quartets Gramophone Thursday, January 12, 2023 Tracing the evolution of the string quartet from Haydn to Britten, via some of the greatest recordings available
Top 15 Liszt recordings - Gramophone
Selecting a list of just 15 outstanding recordings of Franz Liszt's music that everyone will agree with is impossible, but for those who are just embarking on a journey through Liszt's sound world, these 15 selections represent 15 perfect starting points. And for those who have loved Liszt's music for many years, you may find something here to surprise and delight.
Handel's Messiah: a complete guide to the best recordings
Handel started composing the score of Messiah on August 22, 1741, and, after 24 days of concentrated creativity, finished its complete draft on September 14. The autograph score as it stood in autumn 1741 contained various musical contents distinct from later and more familiar reworkings and substitute settings.
250 greatest recordings of all time: chosen by 35 of the world's ...
Revealed, the 250 greatest classical recordings, as selected for Gramophone by more than 30 leading musicians. Below, contributing editor and reviewer Rob Cowan muses on why artists and critics might choose differently
50 of the best classical pianists on record - Gramophone
50 of the best classical pianists on record Monday, January 1, 2024 An introduction to the greatest classical pianists and their best recordings, featuring Martha Argerich, Vladimir Horowitz, Igor Levit and Maria João Pires
What is a Prelude? - Gramophone
Jul 20, 2018 · A Prelude is a piece of music that traditionally leads into something else, common examples from the Baroque period being a fugue or a suite of dances.