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DTM Sachsenring: BMW takes pole as Auer crash sparks chaos

Chaotic Saturday qualifying at the Sachsenring: title contender Lucas Auer crashes through no fault of his own and causes a stoppage, BMW surprises with pole

Motorsport · Sep 12

Bruno Schrecker obituary

Cellist and a member of the Allegri String Quartet in recordings of Schubert, Brahms, Elgar and Britten

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

Forget vinyl v digital debates, this kind of musical ‘authenticity’ brings real rewards

Period instruments are miles away from retro affectation, and as two Proms this week will show, can actually bring historical music up to the moment

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9

Orchestra's Israel stance scrutinised in court hearing

The former managing director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has been accused of lying about cancelling a concert by pro-Palestine pianist Jayson Gillham.

AAP · May 22

Arcadi Volodos: Schubert piano sonata D850, Schumann Kinderszenen op15 – playfulness, longing and elegance

The pianist binds Schubert’s D850 with Schumann’s Kinderszenen with playing of warmth and crystalline technique

The Guardian - UK · May 7

Samuel Hasselhorn: Schubert Hoffnung review – timbral and emotional flexibility is in ample supply

The German baritone’s all-Schubert disc with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz is full of communicative diction and poetic phrasing

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16

How the BMW M3 Touring challenged the M4 GT3 Evo at the Nordschleife

Jens Klingmann and Ugo de Wilde drove both the M3 Touring and the M4 GT3 Evo at the Nordschleife – here's why the bigger car poses a bigger challenge

Motorsport · Apr 3

Alim Beisembayev review – intimacy and conviction in programme of Romanticism

Moving from Schubert through Chopin to Liszt, the young pianist brought deep interpretative insights

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30

Can Bluey save classical music? Cartoon puppy’s all-encompassing soundtrack plays Bach and Beethoven to billions

In the hugely popular pre-school animation, composer Joff Bush references and rearranges classical tunes in all the right places – and never plays it for cheap laughs. Plus, the Wigmore Hall sees the writing on the wall

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25

Elisabeth Leonskaja review – piano legend’s unerring sense of architecture reveals connections and kinships

In her recital programme of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Chopin, Webern and Schubert, the Austrian pianist brought new insights and expected delights

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13