A letter from Minneapolis: ‘We’ve entered an anxious era in arts organisations’ offices’
- Friday, October 4, 2024
Despite a testing financial climate, Rob Hubbard finds the Twin Cities’ musical life in rude health
Features
Online concerts & events to enjoy this month: Pärnu Festival, Dudamel's Mahler in Berlin, Opera North's Albert Herring
- Friday, October 4, 2024
Andrew Mellor explores a range of web-based concerts and operas
Gramophone's Recording of the Year & Instrumental Award 2024: Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonatas
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
The celebrated American violinist Hilary Hahn brings technique and personality to often‑recorded works in electrifying accounts that are set to be a new benchmark
Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award 2024: Michael Tilson Thomas
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
As he turns 80, we celebrate the conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas whose impact on musical life and on millions of listeners has been transformative
Gramophone Young Artist of the Year 2024: Yunchan Lim
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
Rarely has a young pianist made such an impression so quickly, as competition success and a debut studio album confirm Yunchan Lim to be an exceptional talent
Gramophone Orchestra of the Year 2024: Czech Philharmonic
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
From our shortlist of orchestras who particularly impressed us on record this year, you chose a superb ensemble rooted in both tradition and the modern world
Top 10 Solo Violin Recordings
- Thursday, October 3, 2024
Featuring outstanding solo recordings by Hilary Hahn, Alina Ibragimova, Rachel Podger, James Ehnes and more
Chris Patten | My Music: ‘The piece of music that I listen to most is the Goldberg Variations’
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
The former governor of Hong Kong and Chancellor of Oxford University on listening to Bach, Mozart and Haydn
Gramophone Chamber Award 2024: Schumann's Piano Quartet & Quintet
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Familiar works are given an invigoratingly fresh perspective by Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov
Gramophone Song Award 2024: Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
A sensitive reading from Konstantin Krimmel and Daniel Heide
Editor's Choice: Awards issue 2024 | The best new classical recordings
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Featuring outstanding new recordings from Vilde Frang, Klaus Mäkelä, Johan Dalene, Ensemble Correspondances, Latvian Radio Choir and many more
Icon: Budapest Quartet
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Tully Potter outlines the life of an ensemble that was active for 50 years and whose various members set superb standards of playing that others could only hope to follow
Classics Reconsidered: Walton’s Cello Concerto (Gregor Piatigorsky, Boston Symphony and Charles Munch)
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Charlotte Gardner and Richard Bratby discuss Piatigorsky’s premiere recording of Walton’s Cello Concerto, made in 1957
Inside Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 2, with Zlata Chochieva
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Zlata Chochieva talks to Jeremy Nicholas about playing this uniquely demanding work
Gramophone Label of the Year 2024: Opera Rara
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
A unique organisation that champions lesser-known opera gems on record and stage
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