The life-affirming power of live performance
- Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Nicola Benedetti's Baroque in Battersea reminded us just what we've been missing
Features
Philharmonia Orchestra | Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2021 Nominee
- Monday, August 9, 2021
As one Finnish chief heads off to San Francisco, another takes over, and the dynamic young Santtu-Matias Rouvali has been making waves in London at his concert appearances
Gramophone Editor’s Choice: September 2021
- Monday, August 9, 2021
‘Journey Through a Century’ from violinist Sueye Park is our Recording of the Month alongside outstanding new recordings from Doric Quartet, Sean Shibe, Gothic Voices, Il Giardino Armonico and more
The Listening Room (7.8.21)
- Saturday, August 7, 2021
Concertos by Copland, Kapustin and Poulenc, Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder sung by Anja Harteros and a feast of pre-release tracks from Víkingur Ólafsson, Daniil Trifonov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Igor Levit, Janine Jansen and Antonio Pappano, and Gautier Capuçon. All in lossless audio
Video of the Day: National Youth Orchestra members perform their own ‘Hope Medley’, part of Hope Exchange 2021
- Friday, August 6, 2021
The NYO of Great Britain share the message that music provides hope with their interactive outreach programme, culminating in a Hope Exchange concert at the Proms this weekend
This Week's Essential New Classical Albums
- Friday, August 6, 2021
Bruckner's Symphony No 3 from Bergen, Haydn's L'isola disabitata, Anja Harteros sings Wagner, Berg and Mahler, and Max Richter's Exiles are among this week's selection
Video of the Day: Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s final ‘Musical Postcard’, this time from the V&A Dundee
- Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The SCO’s principal timpanist and sub-principal bassoonist unleash their inner rockstars in ‘Get it’ by Gene Koshinski
The Cleveland Orchestra | Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2021 Nominee
- Monday, August 2, 2021
Few orchestras pass down a style and character from generation to generation as vividly and consistently as the great Cleveland Orchestra
This Week's Essential New Classical Albums
- Friday, July 30, 2021
Featuring new releases from Alice Sara Ott, Emmanuelle Bertrand & Pascal Amoyel, Yeol Eum Son, BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena
Gramophone's launches a regular Spatial Audio playlist
- Friday, July 30, 2021
Listen to our new playlist which features some of the new releases in Apple Music's Spatial Audio
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- Wednesday, July 28, 2021
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Berliner Philharmoniker | Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2021 Nominee
- Monday, July 26, 2021
The recordings that have emerged from Berlin with Kirill Petrenko on the podium – crucially all live – have set pulses racing
The Listening Room: Episode 114 (25.07.21)
- Sunday, July 25, 2021
Nicola Benedetti plays Vivaldi, Long Yu conducts Xiaogang Ye's response to Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Yeol Eum Son plays Kapustin, and William Christie and Théotime Langlois de Swarte play a violin sonata by Leclair
Bamberger Symphoniker | Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2021 Nominee
- Monday, July 19, 2021
Jakub Hrůša has continued the work of his predecessor in maintaining this fine Bavarian orchestra’s crisp ensemble and impressive fire
Video of the Day: Alice Sara Ott plays Arvo Pärt's Für Alina
- Friday, July 16, 2021
An innovative performance video from Alice Sara Ott's upcoming album
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