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Widely regarded as the ‘musicians’ musician’ Brendel was the first pianist to record all of Beethoven’s piano works during a much-garlanded career spanning 60 years

Sviatoslav Richter’s already huge catalogue is enriched by these rediscovered recordings of recitals of Beethoven’s piano sonatas from 1965

5/5 The quartet been playing Beethoven’s quartets for decades – they’ve recorded all 15 of them twice – now, they truly inhabit the work

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From 12-to-1, Armenian violinist Haik Kazazyan has triumphed at the first-ever Classic Violin Olympus competition at Dubai’s Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, beating a world leading collection of classical music performers to win the coveted prize.

Benedetti and the Aurora, who play from memory, have fun and freedom here, augmenting the role of the drum in an ebullient recording

The piece took the number one slot in the annual Classic FM Hall Of Fame ballot, with 90,000 votes cast by the public.

The city of superlatives is a symphony of triumphs – and now classical music is in the Dubai spotlight once more.