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Gramophone talks to Kitty Whately on recording the songs of Rebecca Clarke 💫Read the full feature on our website or in t...
09/01/2026

Gramophone talks to Kitty Whately on recording the songs of Rebecca Clarke 💫

Read the full feature on our website or in the January issue of Gramophone!

🎶The soprano Marina Rebeka and her husband, the sound engineer Edgardo Vertanessian, founded their record label, Prima C...
09/01/2026

🎶The soprano Marina Rebeka and her husband, the sound engineer Edgardo Vertanessian, founded their record label, Prima Classic in 2018, and in the years since have built up an impressive catalogue. To coincide with the release of their latest project, Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, recorded live in Naples, they talk to Gramophone’s James Jolly about what inspired them to create the label and how they approach developing their catalogue.

⭐️ This podcast was made in association with Prima Classic, and all the music included in the podcast comes fom the Prima Classic catalogue.

🎼 The new recording of Simon Boccanegra features Ludovic Tézier in the title role, Marina Rebeka as Amelia Grimaldi, Francesco Melli as Gabriele Adorno, Michele Pertusi as Jacopo Fiesco, Mattia Olivieri as Paolo, and Andrea Pellegrini as Pietro with the Chorus and Orchestra of Naples’s Teatro San Carlo conducted by Michele Spotti

🎧Listen wherever you find your podcasts!

In January’s ‘My Music’ comedian and presenter Mel Giedroyc speaks to Gramophone about her earliest musical memories and...
09/01/2026

In January’s ‘My Music’ comedian and presenter Mel Giedroyc speaks to Gramophone about her earliest musical memories and appearing in HMS Pinafore at English National Opera 🎭

Read the full feature online and in the January issue of Gramophone!

Streaming music may be making all the news these days, but many of us still have huge collections of CDs, and are still ...
09/01/2026

Streaming music may be making all the news these days, but many of us still have huge collections of CDs, and are still buying discs, too. So, what’s available to play CDs?

Mark Pullinger pays homage to the Bulgarian operatic bass well known for his interpretations of Boris Godunov and Philip...
08/01/2026

Mark Pullinger pays homage to the Bulgarian operatic bass well known for his interpretations of Boris Godunov and Philip II, and who left an abundance of recorded Russian song

The comedian and presenter on her earliest musical memories and appearing in HMS Pinafore at English National Opera
08/01/2026

The comedian and presenter on her earliest musical memories and appearing in HMS Pinafore at English National Opera

‘I support Wilson’s stance: that opera must be open to all; that it has been misrepresented by the media and mistreated ...
08/01/2026

‘I support Wilson’s stance: that opera must be open to all; that it has been misrepresented by the media and mistreated by governments’

The first performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' took place on 13 January 1811 at the Palace of Princ...
08/01/2026

The first performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' took place on 13 January 1811 at the Palace of Prince Joseph Lobkowitz in Vienna. But which recordings, of Beethoven's last completed concerto, would you recommend to a friend?

Andrew Mellor profiles the outstanding musical architect from Finland as he enters his seventh decade✨🎶Read the full fea...
08/01/2026

Andrew Mellor profiles the outstanding musical architect from Finland as he enters his seventh decade✨🎶

Read the full feature on our website or in the January issue of Gramophone!

Can the right computer make a huge difference to your ‘music while you work’ enjoyment? Andrew Everard thinks so – and h...
08/01/2026

Can the right computer make a huge difference to your ‘music while you work’ enjoyment? Andrew Everard thinks so – and he’s sure he’s found the right solution

From the UK and Europe to the US and the wider world, Charlotte Gardner tracks down the very best competitions across al...
08/01/2026

From the UK and Europe to the US and the wider world, Charlotte Gardner tracks down the very best competitions across all musical disciplines – and here’s what she found ⭐️

Read online or in the January issue of Gramophone! ✨

Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the January 2026 issue of Gramophone
08/01/2026

Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the January 2026 issue of Gramophone

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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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