This week we welcome new recordings of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, Schubert's Impromptus, Weill's Songs and Mendelssohn's Octet ...

Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Kevin Puts’s They Shut Me Up in Prose by string trio Time for Three and ...

Leeds Song Festival has announced its 2026 programme, with Director Joseph Middleton joined in recital by singers Dame Sarah Connolly, Roderick Williams and 2025 Gramophone Award-winner Huw Montague ...

Semyon Bychkov has been appointed as the next Music Director at the Paris Opera. The Russian-born conductor will join the company from August 1, 2026 as Appointed Music Director before coming into the ...

The King’s 2026 New Years Honours List has been announced, recognising outstanding contributions to music and the arts. Mezzo ...

Richard Bratby watches some recent performances online, including Donizetti's L’elisir d’amore from Garsington Rural Italy comes to the Chilterns in Christopher Luscombe’s production of Donizetti’s ...

From revamped classics to extravagant limited editions, the latest hi-fi launches push design and performance to bold new extremes ...

The Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii has overcome blindness to achieve worldwide recognition and a contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Jeremy Nicholas meets him in advance of the release of his second ...

I support Wilson’s stance: that opera must be open to all; that it has been misrepresented by the media and mistreated by governments’ ...

Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews, featuring Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou ...

Janis Susskind: celebrating a career devoted to the new James Jolly Monday, January 5, 2026 As one of the most influential people on the contemporary music scene prepares to retire, James Jolly visits ...