Gramophone Classical Music Awards 1981
All of the winners of the 1981 edition of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards, headlined by a Recording of the Year Award for Karajan's Parsifal
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Wratislavia Cantans marks its 60th anniversary with the question ‘Paradise Lost [?]’ – ten days of music, premieres, and philosophical reflection on humanity’s capacity for both ruin and redemption
Gramophone Classical Music Awards 1980
A look back at the winning recordings of the 1980 Gramophone Classical Music Awards. featuring Charles Mackerras, Trevor Pinnock, Bernard Haitink and Krystian Zimerman
Gramophone Classical Music Awards 1979
The 1979 Gramophone Awards recognised recordings from the Beaux Arts Trio, Maurizio Pollini, Teresa Stratas, Elisabeth Söderström and André Previn
The Gramophone Podcast
Leif Ove Andsnes on Liszt's Via Crucis
Martin Cullingford talks to Leif Ove Andsnes about Liszt's meditations on the Stations of the Cross
Jessica Duchen on the life of pianist Myra Hess
The author discusses her new biography about the life of pianist Myra Hess
James Ehnes on the complete Bach violin concertos
The violinist explores his new recording, made with Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, on Analeketa
Attacca Quartet on Ravel and relationships
The group on Ravel's String Quartet, working with Billie Eilish and becoming genre blind
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The five unmissable new classical recordings this week, featuring Nicola Benedetti, Leif Ove Andsnes, Ruth Gipps and Eleonora Buratto
This week – Liszt’s Via Crusis, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, premiere recordings of Ruth Gipps's orchestral works, and a glimpse into 17th century Scandinavia
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Editor's Choice: April 2025 | The best new classical recordings
This month we feature outstanding new accounts of Puccini's Tosca, Weinberg's The Passenger, Machaut's. songs, Walton's Violin Concerto and much more
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Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Why make a high-end CD player in 2025?
Launching a high-end CD player may seem like a brave endeavour in what is increasingly...
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Blogs
I had to tell my wife I would no longer be able to earn a living as a concert pianist
The pianist Rustem Hayroudinoff on recovering from focal dystonia – a condition renowned for ending performing careers
As two early career female musicians, we felt it was our responsibility to create positive change: the musicians behind EMPOWER
EMPOWER Women Changing Music is about to host its first event at King's Place. Co-founder Sinead Walsh shares her journey from disillusionment to setting up the successful project celebrating women in...
Why I’m Leaving the UK and moving to Madrid: a reflection on music, opportunities, and the changing landscape for emerging artists
'With the already meagre trickle of money to emerging musicians becoming pinched, and many "aging out" of certain schemes before graduating, numerous gifted artists have left the profession entirely'
Beethoven goes manga for 'Beethoven Wars'
Conductor Laurence Equilbey explains how Beethoven’s King Stephan and Ruins of Athens inspired the first manga opera for the big screen – Beethoven Wars
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