Deutsche Grammophon

Off The Shelf: Do I Still Need My 1993 CD of Karajan’s Strauss Alpine Symphony?

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The recording that launched the compact disc era is now streaming in Dolby Atmos. It’s time to pull my copy off the shelf and decide whether the much-loved original CD has finally been made redundant by its own success.

Jan Lisiecki Plays Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 22 with Manfred Honeck, Bamberg Symphony

Jan Lisiecki and Manfred Honeck Form Unexpected Dream Team in Mozart Piano Concertos 9 & 22

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Jan Lisiecki’s debut on Deutsche Grammophon 14 years ago was an impressive Mozart concertos disc, and he returns there now for his 10th DG release… but with new partners. And what a change! This is Mozart so alive and shapely you won’t be able to stop listening.

Playlist: Daniil Trifonov Shines His Light on the Singles Music Scene

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Trifonov does a Glenn Gould (or is it a Max Richter?) and makes the recording studio his instrument, with his inventive transformation of The Last of Us into a multitracked, remixed piano miniature. Is there hope for the classical music single after all?

Katia & Marielle Labèque Trace a Wild Career Through 55 Years and 55 Tracks

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Fifty-five years after Olivier Messiaen “discovered” two teenage pianists in a practise room at the Conservatoire, the Labèque sisters map their whole recording life across three discs: yes, this is their Eras Tour!

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