Ian Page on the music of Gluck

The soprano Marina Rebeka and her husband, the sound engineer Edgardo Vertanessian, founded their record label, Prima Classic in 2018, and in the years since have built up an impressive catalogue. To coincide with the release of their latest project, Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, rec ...  Show more

In this week's Gramophone Podcast, the last of 2025, we explore the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Editor Emeritus James Jolly talks to Richard Wigmore – a long-standing contributor to our pages, and an expert on the music of the classical and early romantic ...  Show more

Captain, We Hit A Schoenberg! Did Arnold Schoenberg break Classical music? Widely considered the greatest composer of the 20th century, Schoenburg’s innovations in ‘atonality’ (a term he detested throughout his life) changed the trajectory of music forever. In this episode, Joann ...  Show more

Vulture critic Nick Quah shares his favorite podcasts of 2022, including "Mother Country Radicals" and "Normal Gossip." Then, New Yorker music critic Alex Ross talks about the year in classical music, highlighting women composers and performers. And, TikTok is a major player in t ...  Show more

Nora and Nathan are not quite done talking about Taylor Swift's forthcoming album, 'The Life of a Showgirl,' so they opened up the mailbag to answer some listener questions. They talk about what some of the songs could be about based on their names (1:00), whether Taylor will rel ...  Show more

Giuseppe Verdi - Otello: Fuoco di Gioia Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Oliver von Dohnanyi, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550241 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by u ...  Show more