Barbara Hannigan is the very model of a modern musician, already one of the most sought-after singers in the world, she is now releasing her first recording as both soprano and conductor. Neil Fisher ...

Panic, outrage, consternation. All three greeted Gramophone readers in March 1949. The reason? A good old-fashioned format change. ‘I ask readers if they really want to feel that their collections are ...

‘Sadler’s Wells! Any more for Peter Grimes, the sadistic fisherman!’ It was June 1945 and the bus conductor on route 38 did not want his opera-loving passengers to miss their stop. Even as we smile at ...

Recordings of Biber’s masterpiece have fallen off slightly since I devoted a Gramophone Collection to it (1/17), but this offers something different. Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti hearken back to ...