John Cage and Erik Satie never corresponded – the young American would only have been 12 years old when the French composer died in 1925 – but had they done so, one suspects it would have been an ...

Bertrand Chamayou's recording of Ravel's complete solo music for Erato in 2016 established him as a great Ravel pianist, earning him a Gramophone Award nomination. It was described by Patrick Rucker ...

Soaring through the composer’s cello and piano works, and homages by Holliger, Coll, Rihm and Widmann, Sol Gabetta and Bertrand Chamayou make this a rewarding new recording The cellist Sol Gabetta and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Without knowing what music this is, how could one guess? The range of sounds is complex and bizarre, as much ...

If there were an equivalent of heavy metal in orchestra music, this concert would be it.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The picture in one’s mind of Erik Satie towards the end of his life is probably as vivid as his music. Making ...