For all Partch’s cranky radicalism, what emerges is a Romantic hunger to recover music’s power to confer meaning on existence ...

Evidence about Strozzi’s four children is summarised – and the insinuation that she was a courtesan is more or less debunked’ ...

As the shortlist for this year's Gramophone Awards is announced, we look back at the previous winners in the Song category ...

We are pleased to present a new special digital edition – a celebration of 25 years of Pentatone, including the original ...

As the shortlist for this year's Gramophone Awards is announced, we look back at the previous winners in the Opera category ...

Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of Stravinsky's Petrushka Scene I: The Shrovetide Fair by ensemble132, arranged by ...

As the shortlist for this year's Gramophone Awards is announced, we look back at the previous winners in the Piano category ...

From September, Essential Classics will host a new weekly Friday feature showcasing vinyl records from the BBC’s archive collection. It will be presented by Georgia Mann and Ian Skelly and will see ...

Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of The Kid on the Mountain by Rachel Podger and Lucie Horsch. This comes from the new album Duologues, in which Rachel Podger pairs up with baroque ...

Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of Miroslav Tadić’s Gajdarsko Oro (Bagpiper’s Dance) by the Meraki Duo.

As the shortlist for this year's Gramophone Awards is announced, we look back at the last decade of winners in the ...