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22/07/2024

Stephen Plaistow recalls the illustrious recorded history of Chopin's oeuvre and offers a personal view of great Chopin interpreters...

20/07/2024

Beethoven’s penultimate piano sonata stands among the finest achievements of his later years. Charles Timbrell makes a personal selection from its substantial discography

20/07/2024

As her recording of Kurt Weill symphonies, her first album for DG, is about to be released, conductor Joana Mallwitz speaks with Richard Bratby

19/07/2024

'Ives managed to do what no composer before him had done: to capture the American life of the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries in extraordinarily vivid sonic canvases that are very much of their time, yet – in part because of their wonderful strangeness – timeless.' Read 'Charles Ives at 150: The Sound of America' on our website today...

19/07/2024

This week on the Gramophone Classical Music Podcast: meeting soprano Sophie Bevan as she takes on new roles and reflects on her time out due to cancer

19/07/2024

Emmanuel Despax shares his unique perspective on Liszt's work, shaped by his personal connection to the composer

18/07/2024

Glenn Gould: an introduction to the life and best recordings of a piano icon 👇

17/07/2024

After the extraordinary musical developments of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven the composition of a symphony became a daunting challenge, for many years the ultimate challenge for any composer. Many rose magnificently to that challenge, not least Brahms, Mahler, Sibelius and Shostakovich

17/07/2024

How does Charles Mackerras’s 1966 recording of Messiah stand up more than half a century later?

16/07/2024

The Artistic Director of the London Philharmonic, Elena Dubinets talks to James Jolly about her plans for the future, and how working with UK and US ensembles differ

16/07/2024

He’s turning 80 with at least 220 premieres to look back on, but Leonard Slatkin has a good deal more on his agenda than simply reminiscing about past achievements, finds Thomas May

16/07/2024

"A mission of mine is to show Bruckner as a whole, as a man who loves to eat, dance, pray, and loves being a professor – to spread the full spectrum of his music.' Conductor Manfred Honeck talks to David Patrick Stearns about unravelling the meaning behind Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony

16/07/2024

Gramophone's Early Music Award is presented every year to a particularly outstanding recording of early music and is voted for by our panel of critics. From Daser's little-known Masses (this year's Award-winner) to Marenzio's madrigals in 2014, here is a sample of early-music performance and recording at its finest...

16/07/2024

Editor's Choice: this month we feature outstanding new recordings from Konstantin Krimmel, Rebeca Omordia, Paavo Järvi and Gustavo Dudamel. Read the reviews...

16/07/2024

Thea King (1925-2007) was the doyenne of English clarinettists – renowned as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, accompanist and teacher. She championed British music as well as shining a spotlight on early 19th-century clarinet works, her legacy preserved in a fine catalogue of recordings for Hyperion, where her mellifluous tone – warm and rounded – glowed...

16/07/2024

"It is certainly one of Beethoven’s most personal creations." Beethoven’s penultimate piano sonata stands among the finest achievements of his later years. Charles Timbrell makes a personal selection from its substantial discography

16/07/2024

Charles Ives evoked his country like few others, and to mark 150 years since his birth, Andrew Farach-Colton delves into the life and music of this most unconventional figure

15/07/2024

Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the August issue of Gramophone, featuring interviews with Joana Mallwitz and Leonard Slatkin

15/07/2024

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto has become a favourite among soloists and audiences. Mark Pullinger considers recordings spanning 70 years and selects his overall top choice...

13/07/2024

Dalia Stasevska, Judith Weir and Andrew Mellor discuss the latest orchestral work to take its place in 'Dalia's Mixtape'

13/07/2024

Starting out as a pianist, Thea King eventually became a renowned clarinettist – a devoted champion of the instrument –who left a rich legacy on record, writes Mark Pullinger

12/07/2024

Conductor Manfred Honeck talks to David Patrick Stearns about unravelling the meaning behind Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony

12/07/2024

Beethoven’s penultimate piano sonata stands among the finest achievements of his later years. Charles Timbrell makes a personal selection from its substantial discography...

Beethoven’s penultimate piano sonata stands among the finest achievements of his later years. Charles Timbrell makes a personal selection from its substantial discography

12/07/2024

Joana Mallwitz: the conductor on recording Kurt Weill symphonies in Berlin | Charles Ives: the composer who captured America’s spirit

12/07/2024

‘It’s funny: people don’t know what they’re missing if they’ve not heard Kurt Weill’s symphonies’

As her recording of Kurt Weill symphonies, her first album for DG, is about to be released, conductor Joana Mallwitz speaks with Richard Bratby

12/07/2024

✨ Gramophone speaks to conductor Joana Mallwitz ahead of the release of her debut album with .

👀 Read the full interview online...

12/07/2024

This month's cover artist is the conductor Joana Mallwitz, someone who has already attracted a lot of attention as the chief conductor and artistic director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and who tells us about her first album for DG, the two symphonies by Kurt Weill. Explore the August issue...

12/07/2024

Here's an ideal way to start exploring Schubert's music. The list includes many of the finest recordings from the last 100 years, featuring Sir Thomas Beecham, Alfred Brendel, Imogen Cooper, Gundula Janowitz, and many more...

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Esa-Pekka Salonen took over the helm of the San Francisco Symphony in 2020 from Michael Tilson Thomas. Both men have had a major impact on symphonic music in California, and Salonen is one of the three guiding figures – with the LA Phil's Gustavo Dudamel and the San Diego Symphony's Rafael Payare – behind the California Festival, a statewide celebration of music that launched in November. James Jolly spoke to Salonen at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco following an afternoon concert, as part of the California Festival, in November. Listen to the Gramophone Classical Music Podcast wherever you enjoy your podcasts – and enjoy new episodes every week.

Pianist Frank Dupree shares the recording that means the most: Oscar Peterson's 'Motions and Emotions'.

Stella Chen is our Young Artist of the Year for 2023 (sponsored by Classic FM). She played Mozart's Rondo in C at the Gramophone Awards ceremony – don't miss the full performance in the highlights video on our YouTube channel.

A special performance: father and daughter pianists Yevgeny and Bella Sudbin play Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers at the 2023 Gramophone Classical Music Awards. Don't miss all of this year's highlights and performances on our website and YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/7RiahffgI3c

The winner of this year's Gramophone Concerto Award, viola player Timothy Ridout, shares the recording that means the most... #classicalmusic #GramoAwards #bach #glenngould

Helen Charlston, the recent winner of our Concept Album Award for 'Battle Cry: She Speaks', shares the recording that means the most... #classicalmusic #handel #GramoAwards @helencharlston

Watch highlights from the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023

Join us this evening at 7pm (BST) for a special online broadcast presenting highlights from the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023, including all of the live performances! Watch on Gramophone's website, Facebook and YouTube channels; on medici.tv; or on Classic FM's website

Watch highlights from the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023

Join us on Sunday October 8 at 7pm (BST) for a special online broadcast presenting highlights from the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023, including all of the live performances! Watch on Gramophone's website, Facebook and YouTube channels; on medici.tv; or on Classic FM's website

Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023: The Highlights

Watch highlights from the 2023 Gramophone Classical Music Awards ceremony. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief James Jolly – and featuring thrilling live performances from some of the greatest classical musicians of our time – we reveal the winners of the 2023 Gramophone Classical Music Awards, including Lifetime Achievement, Orchestra of the Year and Recording of the Year, in a broadcast sponsored by IMG Artists.

Gramophone Presents Film Music

Gramophone Presents Film Music!🎬 In this 100-page collectors' edition, Gramophone's expert writers explore music written for the cinema, and celebrate some of the masters behind the greatest movie scores. Order your copy today bit.ly/3VAPW0a

Nicholas Collon & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Thomas Adès's Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face

Nicholas Collon conducts Radion sinfoniaorkesteri - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a clip from Thomas Adès's Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face. The ensemble are nominated for Gramophone's 2023 Orchestra of the Year. Listen to our playlists on Apple Music and cast your vote to decide this year's winner gramophone.co.uk/awards

Nicholas Collon conducts Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Lotta Wennäkoski's Flounce

Nicholas Collon conducts Radion sinfoniaorkesteri - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Flounce by Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski, written for the Last Night of the 2017 Proms. The ensemble are nominated for Gramophone's 2023 Orchestra of the Year Award. Listen to our playlists on Apple Music and cast your vote to decide this year's winner at gramophone.co.uk/awards

Listen to Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu explore the art of making song recitals relevant to audiences today on this week's Gramophone Classical Music Podcast. #podcast #classicalmusic #musicpodcast

Here's a message from Nicholas Collon, conductor of Radion sinfoniaorkesteri - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, who are nominated for Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year! 🗳️ Cast your vote to decide this year's winner: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards

Introducing Apple Music Classical

The Apple Music Classical app offers an experience tailored for the classical music listener, with the ability to search by composer, work, artist, or even catalogue number https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/apple-music-classical-released-today-an-app-designed-specifically-for-exploring-classical-music

Introducing Apple Music Classical

Introducing Apple Music Classical, the new app designed specifically for exploring classical music https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/apple-music-classical-released-today-an-app-designed-specifically-for-exploring-classical-music

Gramophone's centenary issue is out now, celebrating a century of recorded classical music! Start your subscription today to receive this special edition, and explore every issue of the magazine from the past centenary in our complete digital archive. Enter code G100 at the checkout to save 30% on subscriptions magsubscriptions.com/g100 Gramophone has been the world’s leading authority on classical music recordings since 1923. With 13 issues a year, every edition will enrich your classical music knowledge with more than 100 expert reviews of the latest recordings, plus in-depth artist interviews and features about composers past and present. Our special celebratory centenary edition includes a major history of the magazine – and by extension of classical recording itself – as well as special archive section reproducing some of the most significant articles from our past century. We also explore why listening to historic recordings is so important, and take a look at ten artists shaping classical music for the future. Plus, as always, our experts review the latest classical releases, with the best named Editor's Choices. Subscribe today at magsubscriptions.com/g100

Gramophone Presents Film Music! In this 100-page collectors' edition, Gramophone's expert writers explore music written for the cinema, and celebrate some of the masters behind the greatest movie scores. Order your copy today http://bit.ly/3WA0jTs

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The World’s Authoritative Voice on Classical Music Since 1923.

Founded in 1923 by Sir Compton Mackenzie and Christopher Stone as ‘an organ of candid opinion for the numerous possessors of gramophones’. Gramophone, which has been serving the classical music world since 1923, is first and foremost a monthly review magazine, delivered today in both print and digital formats.

It boasts an eminent and knowledgeable panel of experts, which reviews the full range of classical music recordings. Its reviews are completely independent. In addition to reviews, its interviews and features help readers to explore in greater depth the recordings that the magazine covers, as well as off er insight into the work of composers and performers.

It is the magazine for the classical record collector, as well as for the enthusiast starting a voyage of discovery.

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