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This giant bass lute can be over 6 feet long, typically has 14 or so strings and is characterised by it’s rich but clear sound, an ideal accompaniment to the human voice

The great mezzo Teresa Berganza has died

Classical Music News

Friday, May 13, 2022

| Gramophone

Mezzo Teresa Berganza died on May 13 in Madrid. We pay tribute...

Glenn Gould: an introduction to the life and best recordings of a piano icon

Features

Thursday, May 26, 2022

| Gramophone

Glenn Gould was a truly extraordinary pianist who left a brilliant recorded legacy

Nicholas Phan and Nico Muhly on the genesis of 'Stranger'

Podcasts

Friday, July 8, 2022

| Gramophone

Composer and singer discuss the title-work on a new album from Avie, and consider the resonances of cultural identity explored in the new work, written for Phan

Video of the Day: Easter, from Vaughan Williams's Five Mystical Songs

Features

Monday, July 18, 2022

| Gramophone

Roderick Williams sings a never-before-recorded arrangement by the composer himself

The Minnesota Orchestra names its new Music Director

Classical Music News

Friday, July 29, 2022

| Gramophone

The 52-year-old Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård succeeds Osmo Vänskä

Introducing the September 2022 issue of Gramophone, featuring Alison Balsom

Features

Monday, August 8, 2022

| Gramophone

In the September issue we speak to Alison Balsom, whose new album explores the meeting points of classical and jazz

Gramophone Editor's Choice: September 2022 | The best new classical recordings

Features

Monday, August 8, 2022

| Gramophone

Featuring outstanding new recordings of Mahler's Symphony No 4, Schubert's Symphonies Nos 8 and 9, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and more

Mahler from a new perspective, with François-Xavier Roth

Features

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

| Gramophone

François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles’ period-instrument recording of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony looks set to bring about a renewed understanding of this music, finds Hugo Shirley

Video of the Day: a captivating Handel aria from Mary Bevan and Davina Clarke

Features

Friday, September 30, 2022

| Gramophone

Enjoy this beautifully-produced performance of 'Meine Seele' from Handel's Neun Deutschen Arien

Video of the Day: VOCES8 - 'and the Swallow' by Caroline Shaw

Features

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

| Gramophone

VOCES8 and Jack Liebeck perform Caroline Shaw's 'And the swallow' ahead of their LIVE From London concert exploring our relationship with birds

Music, and the unique joy that radio can bring: Alan Davey on celebrating the BBC centenary

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

| Gramophone

Alan Davey, controller at BBC Radio 3, takes us through celebrations for the BBC's centenary, reflecting on the unique joy in sound that radio can bring

Celebrating Gramophone's Label of the Year, Chandos, with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Podcasts

Friday, November 11, 2022

| Gramophone

The French pianist, and Chandos artist, talks about the role recording plays in his musical life, and how he enjoys embracing complete cycles

Celebrating Lillian Fuchs on her birthday

Blogs

Thursday, November 17, 2022

| Gramophone

Looking at the life, compositions and recordings of American-Jewish violist, Lillian Fuchs

Curtis Institute of Music launches new record label

Classical Music News

Thursday, November 17, 2022

| Gramophone

The Philadelphia music conservatoire announces the launch of Curtis Studio, giving students recording experience and supporting new music

The case for transcriptions

Blogs

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

| Gramophone

Pianist Paul Wee writes about his latest CD, Gramophone's December Album of the Month, recording transcribed solo piano versions of renowned orchestral works

The best solo piano recordings of 2022: Editor's Choice

Features

Monday, December 12, 2022

| Gramophone

It's been a great year for solo piano recordings, with new releases from Krystian Zimerman, Mitsuko Uchida, Marc-André Hamelin and many more

The best choral recordings of 2022: Editor's Choice

Features

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

| Gramophone

Featuring outstanding albums from The Sixteen, The Marian Consort, The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge and more

Remembering Gramophone's founder, Sir Compton Mackenzie, 50 years after his death

Features

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

| Gramophone

A true polymath, Sir Compton Mackenzie launched the magazine that is soon to mark its centenary

British composer Julian Anderson wins Grawemeyer Award 2023

Classical Music News

Friday, December 9, 2022

| Gramophone

Anderson's cello concerto Litanies wins him the Kentucky-based prize, whose previous winners include Kurtag, Birtwistle and Andriessen

Introducing the January 2023 issue of Gramophone, celebrating Rachmaninov at 150

Features

Friday, December 23, 2022

| Gramophone

Rachmaninov: the great pianist and composer – in America and on record | The King's Singers and Fretwork record Byrd and Weelkes | The best recordings of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

Nigel Short on Tenebrae's new Christmas album

Podcasts

Saturday, December 17, 2022

| Gramophone

The choir's artistic director on 'In Winter's House'

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An album of unity

Emmanuelle Haïm on 20 years of Le Concert d’Astrée

Video of the Day: Louise Alder singing Strauss's Four Last Songs

An introduction to the theorbo – a strange and beautiful instrument

The great mezzo Teresa Berganza has died

Glenn Gould: an introduction to the life and best recordings of a piano icon

Nicholas Phan and Nico Muhly on the genesis of 'Stranger'

Video of the Day: Easter, from Vaughan Williams's Five Mystical Songs

The Minnesota Orchestra names its new Music Director

Introducing the September 2022 issue of Gramophone, featuring Alison Balsom

Gramophone Editor's Choice: September 2022 | The best new classical recordings

Mahler from a new perspective, with François-Xavier Roth

Video of the Day: a captivating Handel aria from Mary Bevan and Davina Clarke

Video of the Day: VOCES8 - 'and the Swallow' by Caroline Shaw

Music, and the unique joy that radio can bring: Alan Davey on celebrating the BBC centenary

Celebrating Gramophone's Label of the Year, Chandos, with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Celebrating Lillian Fuchs on her birthday

Curtis Institute of Music launches new record label

The case for transcriptions

The best solo piano recordings of 2022: Editor's Choice

The best choral recordings of 2022: Editor's Choice

Remembering Gramophone's founder, Sir Compton Mackenzie, 50 years after his death

British composer Julian Anderson wins Grawemeyer Award 2023

Introducing the January 2023 issue of Gramophone, celebrating Rachmaninov at 150

Nigel Short on Tenebrae's new Christmas album

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