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Gramophone Magazine

Feb 01 2021
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.

Travel and touring in a post-pandemic world • 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

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

RECORDING OF THEMONTH

FOR THE RECORD • Rattle to leave London for the Bavarian RSO

ONE TO WATCH

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

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Emmanuel Pahud on his trusty 14-carat gold Brannen-Cooper flute

GRAMOPHONE GUIDE TO … Piano Quartet • Richard Bratby explores a form that seems to draw strength from its apparent limitations

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra

Piano lessons

Arthur Grumiaux box

FROM WHERE I SIT • The distinctions between musicals and operas are growing increasingly blurred, says Edward Seckerson

FROM PARIS with love • Hilary Hahn’s new album, which pays tribute to the French capital city, marks the end of a year-long sabbatical that reminded her what’s worth fighting for, writes Andrew Mellor

THE EUROPEAN GIANTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC • Following on from his piece on neglected mid-20th-century US composers, conductor Gerard Schwarz turns his attention to five composers in particular who emigrated to the US around that time whose music deserves greater recognition

COMPOSER FOCUS: FIVE PROFILES

AND THEN THERE WERE MORE …

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Edward Seckerson hails an auspicious beginning to a Rachmaninov cycle of impeccable pedigree from The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Orchestral

Christian Lindberg • The versatile conductor (and trombonist and composer) discusses the latest recording in his outstanding survey of Allan Pettersson’s symphonies

Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 • Piotr Anderszewski talks to Jed Distler about his selection process for 12 Preludes and Fugues

Chamber

DEFINING MOMENTS

Alfred Brendel • In celebration of the great Austrian pianist and autodidactic Renaissance man’s 90th birthday, Harriet Smith takes a look at his fascinating, multifaceted career

THE ESSENTIAL RECORDING

Instrumental

HEININEN FACTS

Paavo Heininen • Andrew Mellor explores the octogenarian Finn’s long quest to reconcile his stringent principles with a changing world

EXPLORE HEININEN ON RECORD • A wide range of works showcasing his intriguing oeuvre

Vocal

WHAT NEXT? • Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? Our monthly feature suggests some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some recommended versions. This month Richard Whitehouse’s point of departure is …

Opera

JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC REVIEWS • The Editors of Gramophone’s sister music magazines, Jazzwise and Songlines, recommend some of their favourite recordings from the past month

ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS • Mark Pullinger enjoys a feast of European...


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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.

Travel and touring in a post-pandemic world • 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

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

RECORDING OF THEMONTH

FOR THE RECORD • Rattle to leave London for the Bavarian RSO

ONE TO WATCH

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

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Emmanuel Pahud on his trusty 14-carat gold Brannen-Cooper flute

GRAMOPHONE GUIDE TO … Piano Quartet • Richard Bratby explores a form that seems to draw strength from its apparent limitations

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra

Piano lessons

Arthur Grumiaux box

FROM WHERE I SIT • The distinctions between musicals and operas are growing increasingly blurred, says Edward Seckerson

FROM PARIS with love • Hilary Hahn’s new album, which pays tribute to the French capital city, marks the end of a year-long sabbatical that reminded her what’s worth fighting for, writes Andrew Mellor

THE EUROPEAN GIANTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC • Following on from his piece on neglected mid-20th-century US composers, conductor Gerard Schwarz turns his attention to five composers in particular who emigrated to the US around that time whose music deserves greater recognition

COMPOSER FOCUS: FIVE PROFILES

AND THEN THERE WERE MORE …

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Edward Seckerson hails an auspicious beginning to a Rachmaninov cycle of impeccable pedigree from The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Orchestral

Christian Lindberg • The versatile conductor (and trombonist and composer) discusses the latest recording in his outstanding survey of Allan Pettersson’s symphonies

Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 • Piotr Anderszewski talks to Jed Distler about his selection process for 12 Preludes and Fugues

Chamber

DEFINING MOMENTS

Alfred Brendel • In celebration of the great Austrian pianist and autodidactic Renaissance man’s 90th birthday, Harriet Smith takes a look at his fascinating, multifaceted career

THE ESSENTIAL RECORDING

Instrumental

HEININEN FACTS

Paavo Heininen • Andrew Mellor explores the octogenarian Finn’s long quest to reconcile his stringent principles with a changing world

EXPLORE HEININEN ON RECORD • A wide range of works showcasing his intriguing oeuvre

Vocal

WHAT NEXT? • Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? Our monthly feature suggests some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some recommended versions. This month Richard Whitehouse’s point of departure is …

Opera

JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC REVIEWS • The Editors of Gramophone’s sister music magazines, Jazzwise and Songlines, recommend some of their favourite recordings from the past month

ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS • Mark Pullinger enjoys a feast of European...


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