Claudio Abbado's miraculous account of Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims took the top prize at the 1986 Gramophone Classical Music Awards, but it was one of many benchmark recordings recognised that year ...

Pianists spend years learning how to conceal the fact that the piano is a percussion instrument. One skilled player seated at the piano can conjure visions of clouds floating by, a gondolier singing ...

Natural Pleasure,' BRONCHO's first album in seven years, is a hazy, dreamy, organic-sounding record that lives up to its name.