John Barbirolli, the Philharmonic-Symphony’s newest maestro, didn’t start the season by overturning Carnegie Hall, but he seems to be the sort of young conductor the orchestra needs. There’s no sense ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Sir John Barbirolli’s death, one of several British conductors who dominated the UK’s post-war record industry. Barbirolli made most of his recordings for EMI ...

Performances in N.Y.C. New box sets continue the debate over John Barbirolli, the New York Philharmonic’s music director from 1937 to ’42. John Barbirolli remains a beloved figure in England, but is ...

The performance of Elgar's oratorio that John Barbirolli conducted in Rome in November 1957 was briefly available on LP, and acquired a place in history as the only surviving record of the great Jon ...

Luck, fate, or whatever you care to call it, played a more than usually strong part in the career of the distinguished oboist Evelyn Rothwell, who has died aged 97. Though reluctant to use the name of ...

Evelyn Barbirolli with her husband the great conductor Sir John Barbirolli: they were a striking and contrasted pair Lady Barbirolli, who died on January 25 aged 97, was an oboist of the highest ...

To celebrate Gramophone's 90th anniversary this month we are reprinting a series of classic interviews from the Gramophone archive. We continue with Sir John Barbirolli, who spoke to Alan Blyth for ...

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John Barbirolli’s stature as a proponent of the music of Gustav Mahler was well-documented by several commercial recordings made in the 1960s. His comparable work on behalf of Anton Bruckner is being ...

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The Germans claimed they buzz-bombed Manchester last week (see FOREIGN NEWS), but they didn’t hit John Barbirolli. Conductor Barbirolli and Manchester’s famed Halle Orchestra had pulled a surprise ...