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 a century of Gramophone • 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 100 Number 1225

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

FOR THE RECORD

ONE TO WATCH

Online • The magazine is just the beginning. Visit gramophone.co.uk for …

Watford Colosseum • On the edge of Greater London, and with a much admired acoustic, this shoe-box venue notably excels in orchestral repertoire, writes Tim Parry

Andrew Keener • The Award-winning producer (and former Gramophone writer) with 1500 recordings to his name on how life in the studio has changed

WHAT NEXT? • In our monthly guide to further listening, Jeremy Nicholas takes as his starting point Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op 28–where will his musical journey lead?

NEXT MONTH MAY 2023

So much music, so little time • In his monthly column in our centenary issue, James Jolly stops to consider changing listening habits and whether owning the recording has altered our relationship with music

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

Sir Compton Mackenzie • Our Founder and first Editor recalled by one of his successors, James Jolly

THE 1920s • Compton Mackenzie responds to music-lovers’ pleas for a new magazine about records

1920s TIMELINE

THE 1930s • The decade the record industry came of age, a period of great creativity and ambition

1930s TIMELINE

THE 1940s • The Gramophone’s readers, many in the military, write in with their record stories

1940s TIMELINE

THE 1950s • One of the most revolutionary decades in the history of recorded music

1950s TIMELINE

THE 1960s • A decade of colossal productivity and ambition as recorded music takes off

1960s TIMELINE

THE 1970s • Digital recording arrives, and a trailblazing independent label starts up in Sweden

1970s TIMELINE

THE 1980s • The arrival of the CD gave the classical record industry a much-needed boost

1980s TIMELINE

THE 1990s • Historically informed performance practice launched a new era in recorded repertoire

1990s TIMELINE

THE 2000s • Recorded music shrugs off a physical format and takes to the internet

2000s TIMELINE

THE 2010s to today • Streaming is the future, while many companies go back to first principles

2010s TIMELINE

The importance of THE PAST • Gramophone’s historical recordings expert Rob Cowan shares his enthusiasm for old recordings and reveals what can be learnt from them

NEW RELEASES on DELPHIAN

SUGGESTED LISTENING • Just a few of the countless historical recordings available – and including some artists not mentioned above

ARTISTS for tomorrow • We highlight ten exciting young artists shaping the way that the classical music world looks,...