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‘There’s an almost baroque grandeur to Savall's phrasing and tempos that yields up some wonderfully poetic moments’Richa...
06/08/2025

‘There’s an almost baroque grandeur to Savall's phrasing and tempos that yields up some wonderfully poetic moments’

Richard Bratby reviews Jordi Savall's recording of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Le Concert des Nations, who are shortlisted for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year Award. Cast your vote to decide this year’s winner 👇

Richard Osborne explores how conductors have approached this most elemental of Beethoven symphonies through more than a ...
05/08/2025

Richard Osborne explores how conductors have approached this most elemental of Beethoven symphonies through more than a century of recorded performances

Why the Le Concert des Nations deserves your vote for the 2025 Orchestra of the Year Award
05/08/2025

Why the Le Concert des Nations deserves your vote for the 2025 Orchestra of the Year Award

‘Savall conducts a fluid and impetuous interpretation of the score...featuring a fiery energy in climaxes and a strong f...
05/08/2025

‘Savall conducts a fluid and impetuous interpretation of the score...featuring a fiery energy in climaxes and a strong feeling of poetry in the score’s quieter byways’

Christian Hoskins reviews Jordi Savall's recording of Bruckner’s unnumbered D minor symphony with Le Concert des Nations, who are shortlisted for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year Award. Cast your vote to decide this year’s winner 👇

🏆This week we're turning the spotlight on Jordi Savall's Le Concert des Nations, who are nominated for Gramophone's Orch...
04/08/2025

🏆This week we're turning the spotlight on Jordi Savall's Le Concert des Nations, who are nominated for Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2025

Cast your vote to decide this year's winner 👇

🏆This week we're turning the spotlight on Le Concert des Nations, who are nominated for Gramophone's Orchestra of the Ye...
04/08/2025

🏆This week we're turning the spotlight on Le Concert des Nations, who are nominated for Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2025

Cast your vote to decide this year's winner 👇

We've recalled the illustrious recorded history of Chopin's oeuvre and offer a personal view of great Chopin interpreter...
04/08/2025

We've recalled the illustrious recorded history of Chopin's oeuvre and offer a personal view of great Chopin interpreters.

Who would be your #1?

‘All lovers of Verdi will relish this excellent studio recording’Richard Lawrence reviews Mark Elder's recording of the ...
03/08/2025

‘All lovers of Verdi will relish this excellent studio recording’

Richard Lawrence reviews Mark Elder's recording of the original 1857 version of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra with Hallé Orchestra, who are shortlisted for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year Award. Cast your vote to decide this year’s winner 👇

‘Wong seems to conjure a tangible sense of theatrical presence while bringing a visceral physical brilliance to Britten’...
03/08/2025

‘Wong seems to conjure a tangible sense of theatrical presence while bringing a visceral physical brilliance to Britten’s kaleidoscopic invention’

Geraint Lewis reviews Kahchun Wong's recording of Britten's The Prince of the Pagodas with The Hallé, who are shortlisted for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year Award. Cast your vote to decide this year’s winner 👇

‘A must-hear for all Brucknerians’Christian Hoskins reviews Kahchun Wong's recording of Bruckner Symphony No 9 with The ...
02/08/2025

‘A must-hear for all Brucknerians’

Christian Hoskins reviews Kahchun Wong's recording of Bruckner Symphony No 9 with The Hallé, who are shortlisted for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year Award. Cast your vote to decide this year’s winner 👇

‘Mark Elder makes the best possible case for this rarity, conducting a performance of such vitality that I kept expectin...
02/08/2025

‘Mark Elder makes the best possible case for this rarity, conducting a performance of such vitality that I kept expecting applause’

Richard Lawrence reviews Elder's recording of the original 1857 version of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra with The Hallé, who are shortlisted for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year Award. Cast your vote to decide this year’s winner 👇

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto has become a favourite among soloists and audiences. Mark Pullinger considers recordings s...
01/08/2025

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto has become a favourite among soloists and audiences. Mark Pullinger considers recordings spanning 70 years and selects his overall top choice...

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The World’s Authoritative Voice on Classical Music Since 1923.

Founded in 1923 by Sir Compton Mackenzie and Christopher Stone as ‘an organ of candid opinion for the numerous possessors of gramophones’. Gramophone, which has been serving the classical music world since 1923, is first and foremost a monthly review magazine, delivered today in both print and digital formats.

It boasts an eminent and knowledgeable panel of experts, which reviews the full range of classical music recordings. Its reviews are completely independent. In addition to reviews, its interviews and features help readers to explore in greater depth the recordings that the magazine covers, as well as off er insight into the work of composers and performers.

It is the magazine for the classical record collector, as well as for the enthusiast starting a voyage of discovery.

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