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.

In praise of past recordings – and of Replay • 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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LAKE GEORGE MUSIC FESTIVAL AUGUST 6-17, 2023 • The Lake George Music Festival is reinventing the meaning of the phrase “cultural destination.”

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

FOR THE RECORD • Conductor Joana Mallwitz joins DG

ONE TO WATCH • Jonas Frølund Clarinet

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Sydney Opera House • Tim Parry makes a flying visit, metaphorically at least, to an icon of modern Australia, the home of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Fiona Maddocks • The writer and critic on her book Goodbye Russia, about Rachmaninov’s life in the West

WHAT NEXT? • In our guide to further listening, Mark Pullinger takes as his starting point Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – where will his journey lead?

GRAMAPHONE NEXT MONTH SEPTEMBER 2023

A double cello concerto, perhaps? • This month, James Jolly travels to Paris to meet a couple whose different professions mesh perfectly, the cellist Sol Gabetta and her luthier partner Balthazar Soulier

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 • A wonderful Handel portrait

OBITUAR IES

FOUR SEASONS… THREE CENTURIES ON • Mark Seow traces the rise to ubiquity of Vivaldi’s famed work – and hears from some of today’s leading violinists about why it’s beloved by both artists and audiences

SHAKESPEARE & MUSIC Soul of the Age • To mark the 400th anniversary of the First Folio, Michelle Assay traces a history of music inspired by the Bard both directly and indirectly – uncovering a treasure trove of well-known as well as lesser-known gems

RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Rob Cowan greets a career best from Hilary Hahn, the Ysaÿe Sonatas presented with technical mastery, unabashed confidence and abundant imagination

Orchestral

Schumann’s Kerner Lieder • Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau share their views on performing and recording this lesser-known song-cycle with David Patrick Stearns

Chamber

100 GRAMOPHONE CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC • Gramophone has been the world’s leading authority on classical music since 1923. With 13 issues a year, every edition will enrich your classical music knowledge with more than 100 expert reviews of the latest recordings, plus in-depth artist interviews and features about composers past and present.

Herbert von Karajan • Richard Osborne takes the series into the 1960s, when Karajan made groundbreaking films, nurtured new star singers, founded a festival, experienced possibly the proudest moment of his life – and much more

Instrumental

GRAMOPHONE PRESENTS FILM MUSIC • In this 100-page collectors’ edition, Gramophone’s expert writers...