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.

Music connects us to the past and the future • 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

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GRAMOPHONE Editor's choice • Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews

FOR THE RECORD • National Symphony Orchestra launches own label

Cristian Macelaru in new Paris post

ONE TO WATCH • Julia Sitkovetsky Soprano

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GRAMOPHONE GUIDE TO … Missa brevis • David Threasher charts the evolution of this shortened form of the Mass

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Percussionist Alasdair Malloy on his 25-year-old glass harmonica

ORCHESTRA Insight … Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra

IN THE STUDIO

FROM WHERE I SIT • Edward Seckerson on the return of one of London’s classiest bands

HOROWITZ our contemporary • Michelle Assay celebrates the life and career of the controversial American pianist 30 years after his death – and makes a case for his relevance today

A HOROWITZ TIMELINE

HOROWITZ ON RECORD • Five must-have Horowitz recordings

Listening to WEINBERG • To mark Mieczys›aw Weinberg’s centenary, David Fanning explores the ever-growing catalogue of the Russian composer’s extraordinary and underappreciated music

SELECTED WEINBERG DISCOGRAPHY • A mere handful of listening material to whet the appetite

Communication on the highest level • Whether he’s conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Bruckner or the Vienna Philharmonic in Beethoven, Andris Nelsons is mindful of the profound, indefinable connection between a conductor and his musicians, he tells Peter Quantrill

MUSIC COMPETITIONS GUIDE • With an increasing number of events being streamed, anyone can experience the thrill of music competitions – even those who aren’t competing

Critics’ Choice 2019 • Our critics each choose a favourite recording from the past 12 months. If you’re after the perfect gift guide for Christmas, look no further!

… AND FIVE CHOICES BY THE GRAMOPHONE TEAM TOO!

Sing choirs of angels • Andrew Mellor looks to enter the seasonal spirit with a selection of this year’s Christmas albums and finds that a traditional approach still often works best

THE CHRISTMAS LIST • Your guide to the festive season’s recordings

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Mark Pullinger is swept away by a vividly characterful and richly detailed account of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique from Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth

Orchestral

Mahler’s Symphony No 8 • Adám Fischer talks to Peter Quantrill about the monumental ‘Symphony of a Thousand’

Chamber

Tamsin Waley-Cohen • The intreprid violinist discusses the music of CPE Bach, having recorded all of the violin-and-keyboard works with pianist James Baillieu

DEFINING MOMENTS

Rudolf Firkušný • Tully Potter recalls the immense pianistic talents of the...