Gramophone Magazine

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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.

Brilliance across a dizzying breadth 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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Editor’s choice • Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews

The Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2025

Chopin and Honens winners

ONE TO WATCH

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Priory Records • In our latest guide to a classical record label, Tim Parry explores the catalogue of a British label devoted to church music

IN THE NEW EDITION OF OPERA NOW • Editor Hattie Butterworth introduces the Winter issue of Gramophone’s sister title

Les vêpres siciliennes • Mark Pullinger goes in search of the best recording of this Verdi opera, whether in French or Italian

A craft and tradition under threat • This month James Jolly meets the bow maker Edwin Clément to talk about his career, but also about the potential crisis that faces the craft and musicians who travel

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Letter of the Month

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NEXT MONTH DECEMBER 2025

The thrill of discovery • The self-effacing pianist Marc-André Hamelin is full of surprises as he chats with Michelle Assay about his fascinating new album, his work as a composer – and much more

Sir Charles Mackerras at 100 • Nigel Simeone offers some personal reflections on a hugely versatile conductor who was born a century ago and who is remembered fondly by those who encountered him

MUST-HEAR MACKERRAS • A mere snapshot showing the extraordinary breadth of his work

Fields of freedom • As Jean Rondeau launches his complete Louis Couperin album, Lindsay Kemp learns about the role the composer played in the Frenchman’s unconventional beginnings as a harpsichordist

RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Edward Seckerson is bowled over by a progamme of Walton that gets to the lyrical heart of the Cello Concerto and delivers the First Symphony with precision and drive

Orchestral

Mahler’s Symphony No 2 • The Hallé’s Principal Conductor Kahchun Wong talks Peter Quantrill through his take on Mahler’s beloved ‘Resurrection’ Symphony

Chamber

Margaret Sheridan • Jeremy Nicholas celebrates the Irish soprano whose short-lived career saw her become a favourite of Puccini and sing the title-role in a historic recording of Madama Butterfly

A composer shaped by concerts and recordings • Compelling new recordings of works by Derby-born composer Lawrence Rose reveal the quality and individuality of his distinctive music

Instrumental

Outi Tarkiainen • This Finn’s music reveals an expert handling of silence, rhythm, colour and text, says Andrew Mellor

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GRAMOPHONE Collector SCHUBERT SONGS AND CYCLES • David Patrick Stearns surveys a selection of recent recordings of Schubert’s songs, presenting a varied range of distinctive accounts

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