Gramophone Magazine

Gramophone enriches your classical music experience and connects you with great recordings. Packed with features across all classical music genres, our globally acclaimed writers will inform and entertain you with independent and intelligent editorial and more than 150 reviews in every issue. Our reputation is founded on our acclaimed critical analyses of the latest CD releases, in-depth features and interviews with classical stars, and our comprehensive coverage of recorded and live music. Please Note: This price excludes VAT which will be added when you checkout.

Showcasing classical artists on a global stage • Founded in 1923 by Sir Compton Mackenzie and Christopher Stone as ‘an organ of candid opinion for the numerous possessors of gramophones’

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

Gramophone Magazine • Volume 102 Number 1244

GRAMOPHONE Editor’s choice • ‘Sophistication, sheer polish … Beethoven-playing of rare vividness’ – just some of the praise Richard Wigmore offers this superb new release from the Calidore Quartet.

FOR THE RECORD • Celebrating Tilson Thomas the composer

ONE TO WATCH

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Eloquence • In the latest introduction to a classical record label, Tim Parry explores the history and legacy of a model reissue label

IN THE NEW EDITION OF CHOIR & ORGAN • Editor Hattie Butterworth introduces the Autumn issue of Gramophone’s sister title

NEXT MONTH AWARDS 2024

CARTE BLANCHE • As J&A Beare publish a comprehensive catalogue of Antonio Stradivari’s instruments, James Jolly talks to the luthier Robert Brewer Young about the Italian master’s art

NOTES & LETTERS • Write to us at St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB or gramophone@markallengroup.com; email is preferable at this time

Letter of the Month

OBITUARIES

Paying homage • Johan Dalene talks to Andrew Mellor about his new album, which looks back to the great 20th-century virtuosos and rethinks their repertoire afresh – and about his career in general

From Mozart to Milestones • Since making an inspired return to jazz for its latest album, Quatuor Ébène has hired a new cellist who’s had to step into some formidable shoes. But, as Charlotte Gardner discovers, the Award-winning group is already settling into their new era in style

Reconstructing Obrecht • As well as attending sessions for a recording of Obrecht’s Missa Scaramella, Edward Breen learns from Fabrice Fitch about the fascinating process of reconstructing an incomplete Renaissance work

THE SHORTLIST

SEASON PREVIEW 2024-25 • What are the most exciting concerts and operas to look forward to over the coming season across the UK, Europe, North America and elsewhere? Jack Pepper is your guide

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Richard Wigmore celebrates an account of Beethoven’s middle quartets that justifies some daring tempo choices through interpretative conviction, well-balanced ensemble and sweetness of tone

Orchestral

New issues now available to read online! • Full features and reviews from the magazine are now also available to read online at gramophone.co.uk

Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks • Andrew Farach-Colton hears how Barbara Hannigan is enthused by this mercurial music

Chamber

Richard Crooks • Jeremy Nicholas celebrates the US tenor with a repertoire that spanned a wide variety of genres – a major star of the Met Opera who became a household name through radio

Instrumental

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Aline Piboule • The French pianist discusses her approach to Fauré’s music and its rewards for both performers and listeners

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