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.

Celebrating the world’s true servants of music • 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

RECORDING OF THEMONTH

GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2019 • Memorable moments from our ceremony on October 16

ONE TO WATCH • Sandro Nebieridze Piano

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JESSYE NORMAN REMEMBERED • Mark Pullinger reflects on the late American singer’s formidable – and unforgettable – career

GRAMOPHONE GUIDE TO The motet • Lindsay Kemp focuses on the rich history of one of the oldest sacred vocal genres

IN THE STUDIO

ORCHESTRA Insight … Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra

FROM WHERE I SIT • A majestic voice and a huge personality with an inimitable dress sense to boot, Jessye Norman will be greatly missed, says our columnist Edward Seckerson

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Patrick Wibart on his serpent designed by Swiss maker Stephan Berger

A touch of GENIUS • For the remarkably focused yet perfectly ‘normal’ Italian pianist Beatrice Rana, music programmes are journeys. She tells Hugo Shirley about following the path of Ravel and Stravinsky

REDISCOVERING SAMSON • John Butt’s ongoing quest for authenticity has resulted in not one but two historically informed recorded re-creations of Handel’s original intentions for his longest oratorio, finds David Vickers

QUARTET connections • The Pavel Haas players share an easy rapport which translates into a profound musicianship, most recently evident in their approach to Shostakovich’s string quartets, finds Richard Bratby

RECORDING OF THE MONTH • David Vickers enjoys a meticlously prepared and exquisitely performed account of Purcell’s 1691 opera King Arthur from Paul McCreesh

Orchestral

GRAMOPHONE Focus BEETHOVEN IN VIENNA • Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a classy new Beethoven symphony cycle from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Andris Nelsons

Louis Langrée • The music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra discusses their latest recording, including the original version of Gershwin’s An American in Paris

Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust • Conductor John Nelson and tenor Michael Spyres tell Neil Fisher about recording the work

Chamber

GRAMOPHONE Focus ARGERICH IN HAMBURG • Rob Cowan revels in the free-spirited music-making of Martha Argerich and a wide circle of friends, captured live at her new German festival

DEFINING MOMENTS

Michael Ponti • The US pianist is owed a debt of gratitude, says Jeremy Nicholas – his unique sound not only was enjoyed by those who heard him in concert but also is captured in countless recordings

THE ESSENTIAL RECORDING

Instrumental

Paul Wee • The pianist discusses his debut album, comprising two of Alkan’s most ferociously demanding works, and balancing...