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The top 10 composers of all time

5772 days ago
Guardian Music — Is compiling a list of the top 10 composers of all time a fatuous exercise, amusing parlourgame or serious pursuit?For the past fortnight, the classical music critic of the New York Times, Anthony Tommasini, has been engaged in a curious task: determ... more info

Anna Calvi's orchestral manoeuvres

5783 days ago
Guardian Music — How hypnosis, Debussy and Edith Piaf influenced one of 2011's great hopesHyptnotised by the new goth"I developed as a guitarist by trying to make my guitar sound like other instruments," says Anna Calvi, the gothically inclined singer-songwriter who ... more info

Hear Anna Calvi's debut album: Exclusive stream

5786 days ago
Guardian Music — We're in love with Anna Calvi's stunning debut album. Have a listen before it hits the shops and let us know what you thinkWe're much more excited about Anna Calvi's debut album – a fiery concoction of flamenco guitars, operatic vocals and gothic s... more info

Emerson String Quartet finishes concert with a brilliant Debussy

5787 days ago
Detroit Free Press — Claude Debussy String Quartet, which closed the celebrated Emerson String Quartet's concert Saturday in a rush of feverish intensity, was written 118 years ago in 1893. But the music sounded so fresh and timelessly modern that it brought to mind... more info

James Rhodes: Bullets and Lullabies | review

5802 days ago
Guardian Music — (Warner)With a TV series on Sky Arts, a recent BBC4 Chopin documentary and a high-profile social networking identity, pianist James Rhodes is forging his own way in the classical world and breaking rules like the most stylish, gifted and daredevil bo... more info

Schumann: Humoreske; Studies for Pedal Piano; Gesänge der Frühe – review

5804 days ago
Guardian Music — Piotr AnderszewskiNew discs from Anderszewski appear approximately annually, each after a long gestation. It's almost three years since the pianist revealed his intention to build a Schumann CD around the Op 20 Humoreske and, it seems, he has fina... more info

Northern Sinfonia/Elder – review

5807 days ago
Guardian Music — Sage, GatesheadTwo years ago, Mark Elder conducted Elgar's Violin Concerto, with Thomas Zehetmair as soloist. The partnership was a huge success – the performance appeared on the Hallé's CD label – and seems to have persuaded the two to collabor... more info

Piotr Anderszewski – review

5814 days ago
Guardian Music — Town Hall, BirminghamBirmingham's refurbished Town Hall is perfectly scaled for a solo piano, but it was less than half full for Piotr Anderszewski's recital. Those who stayed away missed something special: Anderszewski's Bach playing has always been... more info

LPO/Jurowski – review

5821 days ago
Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIn the latest instalment of the orchestra's ongoing Mahler cycle, the LPO's principal conductor Vladimir Jurowski slotted the discarded movement entitled Blumine (Flora) into a performance of Mahler's First Symphony that ot... more info

Risør chamber music festival – review

5826 days ago
Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonEvery summer for 20 years, the pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and violinist Lars Anders Tomter have invited musician friends to join them in a small harbour town in Norway for a busman's holiday. Now, with Andsnes about to step down as ... more info

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