Gabriela Montero

Davina McCall is a hugely successful TV presenter who’s hosted some of the biggest shows with the biggest stars. She’s also made her mark, as a broadcaster and writer, in the field of women’s health - all whilst battling a brain tumour.Rarely has anyone talked about their Inherit ... Show More

From Swansea to Barry Island Joanna Page has been a friendly face in millions of houses for almost two decades.But by her own admission, despite her Welsh roots, music is not her forte...although it clear plays an important part in her life.Inherited: Northern Sky by Nick Drake P ... Show More

Mark Kermode is a brilliant Film critic, writer, broadcaster and co-host of podcasts Kermode and Mayo's Take - and Screenshot.In his book, Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, Mark and fellow author Jenny Nelson, discuss the power that music has on screen.With that in mind ... Show More

Highlights from the music of composer Robert Schumann, including excerpts from the piano concerto, Kinderszenen, the Piano Quintet, the Symphony #3 and Arabeske. Performers include: Arthur Rubinstein , Arturo Toscanini, Albert Cortot and Myra Hess. 

Gabriela Montero, the exhilarating Venezuelan pianist, is playing in Miami. She is renowned for her live improvisations, a form of classical music that is rarely heard in concert halls today. Her spontaneous compositions on stage are inspired by musical motifs, sung or hummed to ... Show More

Jess Gillam is joined by the Mumbai-born pianist Shivank Menon to talk about the records that they love. Their playlist includes Rostropovich playing Bach, Sviatoslav Richter playing Chopin, songs by Ravel, Fanny Mendelssohn and Donny Hathaway, and a recording of Bill Evans duett ... Show More

Clare Hammond's new album is a wonderful recital of works by Hélène de Montgeroult. Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford recently caught up with the pianist to talk about what drew her to this French composer's neglected music. 'Hélène de Montgeroult - Études' is available now ... Show More

Synopsis1991 was a big year for American composer John Corigliano. The Metropolitan Opera premiered his opera The Ghosts of Versailles and the 53-year old composer won two Grammys and the Grawemeyer Award for his Symphony No. 1. Corigliano was increasingly recognized as one of th ... Show More

In this week's Gramophone Podcast Editor Martin Cullingford meets with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet to discuss volume six of his series of Mozart piano concertos, recorded with the Manchester Camerata and conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy. This album features Piano Concerto No 22, K482 and No ... Show More

The French pianist Cédric Tiberghien has just released a new album, Variation[s], on Harmonia Mundi. It takes Beethoven's many sets of themes and variations for solo piano as its starting point, and weaves in major sets by others composers, in Vol 1 by Mozart, Schumann and Webern ... Show More

Fredrich Kuhlau (1786–1832) was a Danish composer of the late Classical and early Romantic periods who wrote prodigiously for the flute.  The final movement of his Fantasie for Solo Flute in D major, "Arietta and Variations" is charming,  virtuosic, and fun! The aria "Bati, Bati" ... Show More

Linton Stephens tries out a classical playlist on presenter Cherry Healey.Cherry's playlist:Julie Cooper - VENUS in Sunlight Grey Bedřich Smetana - Vltava (Má Vlast) Francesco Turini - Sonata à 31 (Madrigali, Book 1: No. 18) Erik Satie - Gnossienne No. 1 Rosanna Scalfi Marcello - ... Show More