This special Awards edition of Gramophone brings you full coverage of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards, including all 11 category winners, plus the special awards including Artist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Orchestra of the Year, Label of the Year and more - plus, of course, we reveal the 2024 Gramophone Recording of the Year!

We also bring you Gramophone's usual expert features, including the latest reviews by the world’s leading critics, our Editor's Choices, and our Collection, which is this month focussed on the recorded history of Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

The Budapest Quartet are our Icons, and Timo Andres our Contemporary Composer focus, while Musician and the Score this month explores Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 2.

Plus, Chris Patten tells us about the place of music in his life in My Music interview.

Explore all of this year's Gramophone Award winners in the 2024 Awards issue – out now. Never miss an issue – subscribe today