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Gustav Mahler’s symphonies in cinema – and why Maestro's Symphony No.2 and Tár's Symphony No.5 sound so different

The works of the composer Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) are among the most often played in many orchestras’ repertoire. This was not the case during his lifetime, however, when he was much more popular as a conductor than a composer – his critics finding his compositions too different, too complex and,…

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“I am always able to come up with brand-new chords that no one has been stupid enough to sing over”: Page Hamilton on harmonic curiosity and the aggressive expansion of Helmet’s musical vocabulary

Hamilton discusses how drop tunings, NYC, fine art, Led Zep, the Bee Gees, Glenn Branca, jazz and soul all played their part in shaping Helmet's unique, uncompromising sound

MusicRadar

5 best family movies on Prime Video to watch now

Prime Video has a ton of great family movies including Beethoven and A Million Miles Away

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Keir Starmer names EU anthem as music that 'sums up Labour Party'

KEIR Starmer has named the European Union’s official anthem when asked to pick a piece of classical music which “sums up the

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer praises ‘hugely optimistic’ EU theme tune - and says it sums up Labour party

The Labour leader said Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, the EU’s anthem, ‘has a sense of destiny’ and is ‘very sort of Labour’

The Independent UK

Starmer picks EU anthem as music that ‘sums up Labour Party’

The Opposition leader talked about the ‘sense of destiny’ and ‘moving forward to a better place’ in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

The Independent UK

Experience: I play piano for rescued elephants

One would walk off if I played Schubert, but stay for hours for Beethoven

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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis album review – Savall goes back to basics for this daunting work

While there’s drama and joy, this new recording of Beethoven’s choral masterpiece has interest but not enough insights to make it compelling

The Guardian - UK

Heroic, short, callous, crumpled, Christlike: how artists portrayed Napoleon before Ridley Scott

From a battlefield avenger to a nude colossus, the Corsican conqueror was a rich subject for artists across Europe. But did Turner, who painted him as a fallen emperor, finally capture the truth?

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: West-Eastern Divan Ensemble; Meliora Collective; Sitkovetsky Trio – review

Michael Barenboim’s Israeli-Arab ensemble offer a model of spirited understanding, and a young new collective conjure a touch of jazz. Plus, Beethoven at his spookiest

The Guardian - UK

West-Eastern Divan Ensemble review – sublime playing full of joie de vivre

Mutual respect and conviviality were the watchwords in this scintillating performance from Michael Barenboim’s Israeli-Arab chamber group

The Guardian - UK

“I've never been a fan of tapping, tricks or whammy bars. There have been a few greats, like Edward Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, but what they did came from somewhere”: Kiss's Paul Stanley names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The stalwart rhythm guitarist gets back to the roots of his brand of hard-rock showmanship: why AC/DC and Kiss share a similar guitar mentality, how Mitch Mitchell elevated Jimi Hendrix, and what makes Jimmy Page the Beethoven of guitarists

Guitar World

Piotr Anderszewski review – raw and astonishing, Beethoven is transformed

The Polish pianist is an understated presence but in his hands, a programme that also included Bach, Webern and Szymanowski, was muscular and full of ferocious energy amid meticulous playing

The Guardian - UK

The longer you look, the darker it gets: reassessing Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss

Is the woman unconscious? Could the man’s embrace be violent? A new film invites us to challenge our preconceptions about the gilded masterpiece

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LPO/Canellakis review – poetic Beethoven and a clear, if careful, take on Shostakovich’s wartorn masterpiece

Karina Canellakis gave the Soviet-era symphony an eerie resonance, while soloist Jonathan Biss was at his poetic best in Beethoven’s second piano concerto

Newcastle Herald

Paul McCartney fans in Newcastle express emotions ahead of show

'It's like seeing Beethoven. Paul is living music history.'

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Beethoven: String Quartets album review – Chiaroscuro Quartet’s versions are unforced and striking

The period-instrument quartets recording of Beethoven’s Ops 74 and 130 offers many rewards

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Even Beethoven got bad reviews. John Malkovich reads them aloud as 'The Music Critic'

A new live stage show features actor John Malkovich transformed into some of the meanest music critics ever — in real reviews skewering the work of great composers like Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin.

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Gold vinyl for aliens may outlive humanity

Letter: This record of our existence is now gliding through space, way beyond our solar system – we may as well forget about it, writes Antony Barlow

The Guardian - UK

‘The rockets didn’t stop us’: Odesa violinist gears up for symbolic concert

Kyrylo Markiv, whose instrument was nearly destroyed in Russian attack, to perform in Berlin to mark Independence Day

MusicRadar

Tony Visconti says he doesn’t admire any modern producers because they’re making “bullshit records with loops”

“Everything’s sampled,” he says. “I think old-school production with a band is the only way to make great records”

Evening Standard

Prom 39 at the Royal Albert Hall: Budapest Festival Orchestra put on a night of surprises and spontaneity

The programme of Ligeti, Bartók and Beethoven included a virtuoso performance by soprano Anna-Lena Elbert

The Guardian - UK

‘The human stories behind the music we love’: Radio 3’s Composer of the Week turns 80

As the BBC programme celebrates a milestone, Donald Macleod – in the presenter’s chair for almost 25 years – reflects on its storytelling power and shares his own tales of Hollywood and handstands

Guitar World

So close you can see his scallops: behold Yngwie Malmsteen’s chops in greater detail than ever before with this astonishing multi-cam footage of Far Beyond the Sun

The exclusive performance heralds the launch of MaestroClass, a new 10-song lesson series with TrueFire

The Guardian - UK

Mao Fujita review – fresh and elegant Mozart from young Japanese star

In the first of five recitals of Mozart piano works the 24-year-old pianist found proportion and purpose to music that clearly means a great deal to him

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