From composer-soldiers to contemporary writers reflecting on the anniversary, Jack Pepper curates a playlist marking 80 years ...

A moving collection of letters written to The Gramophone, chronicling the role of recorded music in the lives of service people during the Second World War If you are a library, university or other ...

On 31 May and 1 June expert food historians Marc Meltonville and Robert Hoare will be cooking food and preparing drinks that ...

As early as eight, though, signs of neurosis manifested themselves, often brought on by listening to music. In 1848 his father resigned his government post, hoping for a better position in Moscow.

At the age of six he was discovered to have perfect pitch and a natural talent for the piano. He made his first public appearance playing chamber music at the age of ten. A passing American impresario ...

This week we feature new recordings of Elgar's The Kingdom, Scriabin's Vers la flamme and symphonies by Schumann and Bruckner ...

Music was no longer a physical possession but a string of ones and zeros How many of the younger generation are familiar with the magic of the gramophone? For most of them—and rightly so—it is ...

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