Classical home listening: the Philharmonic Brass; Circus Dinogad; Hear Now Berlin
The illustrious brass sections of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic get together on a dazzling album of overtures. Plus, two intriguing gems…
September 2022
Lucerne festival 2022 review – strength through diversity
From Chineke! to a beguiling Golda Schultz, the Swiss fixture made a bold and varied return, but the Vienna Phil stole the show
October 2021
Bernard Haitink obituary
Celebrated conductor Bernard Haitink dies aged 92
October 2020
In dialogue with Mozart: composer's violin brought back to life
Christoph Koncz has used gut-stringed baroque instrument to record Mozart’s violin concertos
December 2019
Mariss Jansons obituary
Conductor renowned for performances of Mahler, Strauss and the Russian romantics with the world’s great orchestras
September 2019
The week in classical: Proms 60 & 59 review – Haitink bows out in style
Prom 60: Vienna Phil/Ax/Haitink review – a beautiful, masterful farewell
February 2019
The week in classical: Symphony Orchestra of India/ Dalal; Vienna Philharmonic/ Fischer; the Sixteen – review
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Fischer review – rich and urgent Mahler
January 2018
Marin Alsop appointed first female artistic director of top Vienna orchestra
Exclusive: American conductor welcomes new role at ORF but hopes being ‘the first woman’ will soon no longer be news
September 2017
British Youth Opera; Vienna Philharmonic/Harding; András Schiff – review
VPO/Harding review – Mahler given violence, lyricism and uneasy beauty
March 2017
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde CD review – Jonas Kaufmann delivers a real disappointment
January 2017
Georges Prêtre obituary
Conductor who forged a special partnership with Maria Callas in his 70-year career
September 2015
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: The Dream of Gerontius; Prom 73 review – glowing, resplendent, almost suave
Vienna PO/Rattle: The Dream of Gerontius review – persuasive dramatic power
August 2015
How Franz Schmidt became the composer that history forgot
The radiant music of Austrian composer Franz Schmidt, once feted by the Nazis, is haunted by its past. Ahead of the Proms premiere of his Symphony No 2, Gavin Plumley explains why it is time to listen afresh
June 2015
Walter Weller obituary
Conductor who performed with orchestras in Liverpool, Glasgow and London as well as in his native Vienna
September 2013
Prom 74: VPO/Maazel – review
Opening for the Vienna Philharmonic, Klaus Sonnleitner made gleeful use of the Royal Albert Hall's beast of an organ, writes Erica Jeal
