Bach’s Christmas, Merry Today
There are three complete DVDs of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. In the first, Harnoncourt directs his Concentus Musicus Wien in a highly staged, decidedly dated (1981) and surprisingly doctrinal reading from…
The new album MONTEVERDI’s Vespers of 1610
[asa]B00N83U8XK[/asa] Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 is quite simply one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written. The approach is pretty straightforward: a ‘concert-style’ performance with a tutti choir…
Renée Fleming prepare for her Broadway debut
For her Broadway debut the soprano will appear in a new comedy ‘Living on Love’ by Joe DiPietro in April 2015. Fleming will play the role of an opera singer…
New vocal version of Assassin’s Creed Revelations theme Listen online now
The new track includes vocals by Zyrah, a brand-new group of four female singers (pictured above ) with a passion for the music of film and video games. Zyrah were…
The Gramophone’s ultimate guide to the best classical recordings of 2014
Gramphone have gathered together the recordings that made the most impression over the course of a year (13 issues’ worth) into a free digital magazine, and it also reminded you…
The 57th GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award to Pierre Boulez
The award will be officially acknowledged at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in February. It is not known whether Boulez will attend. Boulez is one of a raft of…
Gramophone’s top 10 recordings of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Choosing 10 of the finest recordings by the BPO is, of course, impossible, but here are 10 that simply demand to be heard… No 1 Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem BPO…
Gramophone’s top 10 recordings of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Choosing 10 of the finest recordings by the BPO is, of course, impossible, but here are 10 that simply demand to be heard… No 1 Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem BPO…
Piano Guys made the largest live nativity world record featured over 1,039 participants
The video, which includes reworked versions of carol favourites ‘Angels From The Realms Of Glory’ and ‘Angels We Have Heard On High’, also features vocals from The Mormon Tabernacle Choir,…
“I am listening to a lot more classical music at home”, says Duchess of Cambridge
She was speaking to Graham Parker, general manager of WQXR, a classical music radio station in New York. The Duchess is reported to have said: “I am listening to a…