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 ...

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 ...

Bach orchestral transcriptions by Andrew Davis, Bacewicz ‘Orchestral Works, Vol 2’, Ginastera's Three String Quartets, and more ...

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 ...

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' ...

Review - Aldo Ciccolini’s complete Erato recordings Jed Distler Friday, August 8, 2025 Jed Distler dives into an essential collection issued to mark the pianist’s centenary ...

Hindemith's Ludus tonalis: a guide to the greatest recordings Jed Distler Friday, August 8, 2025 Jed Distler introduces a 20th-century cyclic celebration of pianistic polyphony Hindemith’s Ludus ...