Bruce Liu interview: ‘It is important for me to slow down and further explore my inner feelings and emotions’
Bruce Liu tells Michelle Assay why he was drawn to the intimacy of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons
Features
Lucie Horsch interview: ‘Each recorder has a real personality of its own’
For her latest Decca album, ‘The Frans Brüggen Project’, Lucie Horsch was granted special access to the early music pioneer’s extraordinary collection of historical recorders
Editor's Choice: November 2024 | The best new classical recordings
This month we highlight outstanding recordings from François-Xavier Poizat, Gautier Capuçon, Hanni Liang, The Tallis Scholars and more
Schoenberg’s Second String Quartet: a guide to the best recordings
Schoenberg’s influential String Quartet No 2 both acknowledged and broke away from tradition. Richard Whitehouse surveys its recorded history
The Gramophone Podcast
Pianist Alexandre Kantorow on his new Brahms, Schubert and Liszt album
The young French pianist completes his survey of Brahms's three piano sonatas
Pianist Hanni Liang on her new album 'Voices'
Ethel Smyth set this Chinese-German pianist off on a road of creativity and discovery
Handel in Rome, with Nardus Williams and John Butt
Listen as we explore what it's like to perform works from this thrilling early period of Handel's creativity
Rafael Payare on the music of Schoenberg
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Music Director talks about his new album on Pentatone
News
Video of the Day: Hanni Liang performs the second movement from Ethel Smyth’s Sonata No.2 in C sharp minor
The single can be found on Liang’s debut album ‘Voices’ on Delphian Records
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Editor's Choice
Editor's Choice: November 2024 | The best new classical recordings
This month we highlight outstanding recordings from François-Xavier Poizat, Gautier Capuçon, Hanni Liang, The Tallis Scholars and more
The Best Classical Music Albums of 2024 (So Far)
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
Review - David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition – The Complete Columbia & HMV Recordings
Rob Cowan on a revealing collection of recordings by the Russian violinist David Oistrakh
Debussy in Context (Edited by Simon Trezise) | Book Review
In our current dark times we need Debussy as much as ever. And this book is a perfect way in if you...
Box-set Round-up: November 2024 (Prêtre, Celibidache, Jansons)
Rob Cowan on the legacies of a trio of conductors in the music in which they excelled
Replay: The bel canto violin of Alfredo Campoli, plus Madeleine de Valmalète, Monique Haas, Emanuel Feuermann & Alfred Dubois
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
Special Editions
Gramophone Presents … My Classical Music
Your favourite stars on the composers, artists and albums they love
Gramophone Presents … Film Music
Our Editor introduces a special edition of Gramophone, out now, celebrating music for the movies
Gramophone Presents ... Mahler
Our special edition reproduces the most significant articles about his music from our archives
Gramophone Presents ... Mozart
Our special edition draws on 99 years of the finest writing about the composer's music
Blogs
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
A month of music with roots in recording
Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the November issue of Gramophone
Beginnings and Endings: A personal view of Mahler through his First and Ninth Symphonies
Conductor David Bernard describes how exploring Mahler’s First and Ninth Symphonies together unlocks insights about Mahler and his Music
Reviving and recording rare chamber works by Howells and Wood
The violinist Madeleine Mitchell reflects on the creative journey that led to her latest album
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