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50 of the finest Beethoven recordings available, complete with the original Gramophone reviews, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mitsuko Uchida, Murray Perahia, Takács Quartet and more
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50 of the finest JS Bach recordings available – complete with the original Gramophone reviews – featuring Glenn Gould, Angela Hewitt, Isabelle Faust, Murray Perahia and more
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50 of the finest Mozart recordings in history, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado, plus extracts from the original Gramophone reviews
The Gramophone Podcast
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Conductor William Christie: An 80th birthday conversation
William Christie, the founder - and guiding spirit for the past 45 years – of Les Arts Florissants, celebrates his 80th birthday on December 19.
Rob Cowan on George Szell's Cleveland Orchestra Beethoven symphonies
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Video of the Day: Maria Callas performs 'Vissi d'Arte' from Puccini's Tosca
The new movie 'Maria' depicting the life of the iconic opera singer is out today
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Editor's Choice
Editor's Choice: January 2025 | The best new classical recordings
Featuring outstanding new recordings of Mozart's Horn Concertos and Piano Concertos, Bach's organ works, Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden' and more
The Best Classical Music Albums of 2024
All of these outstanding classical albums were Editor's Choices in Gramophone magazine and are highly recommended. If you are searching for an inspirational new recording, look no further
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Online classical concerts & events to enjoy this month (January 2025)
Peter Quantrill explores a range of documentaries and concerts from Sir Antonio Pappano, Daniel...
Review - Christoph von Dohnányi in Cleveland
Jed Distler hails a desirable box-set documenting the maestro’s 18-year tenure in Ohio
Review - Eloquence’s Piano Library
Jeremy Nicholas browses through two collections of keyboard treasures
Which are the right active loudspeakers for you?
Speakers with onboard amplification make plenty of sense if you want high performance without all...
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A new year, a new set of anniversaries to enjoy
Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the January 2025 issue of Gramophone
Looking back, with both gratitude and joy
Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the December issue of Gramophone
Bach's St Matthew Passion: the women behind Mendelssohn's revival
As Oxford Philharmonic begins its Bach Mendelssohn festival at the end of this month, Katy Hamilton looks at the women responsible for Mendelssohn's revelatory discovery of the mighty St Matthew...
Pierre Boulez thought that the string quartet was dead. I beg to differ...
It’s heartening to see – some 250 years after Haydn’s first forays – so many composers still writing for string quartet
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Gramophone Presents ... Mozart
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