In the Awards issue of Gramophone, on sale from September 18, we celebrate the 2015 Gramophone Classical Music Awards, including the category winners and the special awards – from Lifetime Achievement to Recording of the Year. With personal tributes from fellow musicians as well as summaries of the winning recordings by our expert critics, Gramophone is proud to honour the very best recordings of the past 12 months.

Elsewhere in the issue, Editor-in-Chief James Jolly speaks to British tenor James Gilchrist about the challenges of performing Schumann's Dichterliebe, and Geraint Lewis surveys the remarkable recording career of pianist Stephen Kovacevich.

Add to this our reviews of the most recent classical releases by our resident panel of critics, as well as a thought-provoking Collection by David Gutman on Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, and you'll find an Awards issue that's an informative and enjoyable read from beginning to end.