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My favorite 2025 recordings

New records

My favorite 2025 recordings

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 29 décembre 2025

Furtwangler conducts Beethoven

In partnership with the Furtwängler Society

Furtwangler conducts Beethoven

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 6 octobre 2025

Kristiina Poska continues her reference recording of Beethoven’s symphonies with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra

New records

Kristiina Poska continues her reference recording of Beethoven’s symphonies with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 6 septembre 2025

A refined Berlioz under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä, albeit still a little forced

New records

A refined Berlioz under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä, albeit still a little forced

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 12 juillet 2025

Alfred Brendel, a portrait

Piano

Alfred Brendel, a portrait

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 18 juin 2025

Interviews

Articles

Wagnerian musical drama in the orchestra, the virtues of lightness

Wagnerian musical drama in the orchestra, the virtues of lightness

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 19 avril 2025

Two theoretical approaches (and a number of problems)

Two theoretical approaches (and a number of problems)

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 23 février 2025

50 versions of Schumann’s Fantasy

50 versions of Schumann’s Fantasy

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 25 janvier 2025

No fear of the dark: what we, classical music listeners, have in common with heavy metal (and what heavy metal owes to classical music)

No fear of the dark: what we, classical music listeners, have in common with heavy metal (and what heavy metal owes to classical music)

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 30 novembre 2024

Blind listening to Brahms’ first Piano Concerto

Blind listening to Brahms’ first Piano Concerto

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 20 octobre 2024

The art of Clara Haskil

The art of Clara Haskil

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 9 juin 2024

Interpretations of Mozart’s symphonies, from the Golden Age to period instruments

Interpretations of Mozart’s symphonies, from the Golden Age to period instruments

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 13 avril 2024

Herbert von Karajan, the live recordings

Herbert von Karajan, the live recordings

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 7 avril 2024

Arrau speaks

Arrau speaks

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 16 février 2024

The art of Samuil Feinberg

The art of Samuil Feinberg

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 17 décembre 2023

The art of Dinu Lipatti

The art of Dinu Lipatti

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 22 octobre 2023

A few words about a historical approach to historic recordings

A few words about a historical approach to historic recordings

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 8 octobre 2023

The art of Marcelle Meyer

The art of Marcelle Meyer

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 10 septembre 2023

Brahms’ fourth, a discography

Brahms’ fourth, a discography

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 27 Mai 2023

The art of Claudio Arrau

The art of Claudio Arrau

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 7 Mai 2023

Wilhelm Backhaus, a portrait

Wilhelm Backhaus, a portrait

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 2 mars 2023

Beethoven’s Seventh : a discography

Beethoven’s Seventh : a discography

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 26 février 2023

Comparison : Schubert’s « Great » Symphony

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 9 octobre 2022

Reviews

Masaaki Suzuki conducts the greatest German Requiem since the Golden Age

Masaaki Suzuki conducts the greatest German Requiem since the Golden Age

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 31 Mai 2025

Brillant Classics gives a vibrant tribute to the art of Sergio Fiorentino

Brillant Classics gives a vibrant tribute to the art of Sergio Fiorentino

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 3 Mai 2025

Yunchan Lim at the Philharmonie de Paris, the committed ascent of the Goldberg Variations

Yunchan Lim at the Philharmonie de Paris, the committed ascent of the Goldberg Variations

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 4 avril 2025

Celibidache conducts Bruckner in Munich: two previously unreleased live recordings

Celibidache conducts Bruckner in Munich: two previously unreleased live recordings

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 22 mars 2025

Furtwängler conducts Brahms, on December 12th, 1943

Furtwängler conducts Brahms, on December 12th, 1943

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 5 mars 2025

My favorite 2024 recordings

My favorite 2024 recordings

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 28 décembre 2024

Furtwangler conducts Brahms

Furtwangler conducts Brahms

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 5 novembre 2024

Deutsche Grammophon releases two « lost tapes » of Rudolf Serkin playing Beethoven’s « Waldstein » and « Appassionata » Sonatas

Deutsche Grammophon releases two « lost tapes » of Rudolf Serkin playing Beethoven’s « Waldstein » and « Appassionata » Sonatas

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 19 novembre 2023

Some projects on YouTube

Invitations to other media

Legendary recordings

Chopin by Guiomar Novaes

Chopin by Guiomar Novaes

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 8 septembre 2024

A legendary recording: Mitropoulos conducts Mahler’s Tragic Symphony

A legendary recording: Mitropoulos conducts Mahler’s Tragic Symphony

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 2 février 2024

A legendary recording: Bruggen conducts Mozart

A legendary recording: Bruggen conducts Mozart

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 5 novembre 2023

A legendary recording: Rudolf Kempe conducts the ideal Brahms Third in 1960

A legendary recording: Rudolf Kempe conducts the ideal Brahms Third in 1960

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 24 septembre 2023

A legendary recording: Kempff plays Beethoven’s «Hammerklavier» Sonata in 1936

A legendary recording: Kempff plays Beethoven’s «Hammerklavier» Sonata in 1936

Par Guilhem Chameyrat 10 juin 2023

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