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.

Historically informed understanding • 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 • Volume 101 Number 1228

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE • Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews

FOR THE RECORD

ONE TO WATCH

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Notre-Dame de Paris • In our series exploring recording venues Tim Parry finds out what makes this famous cathedral such a special place to record music

Stephen Williams • The director on his film about Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier Saint-George

WHAT NEXT? • In our guide to further listening, Andrew Farach-Colton takes as his starting point Copland’s cowboy ballet Billy the Kid – where will his musical journey lead?

NEXT MONTH AUGUST 2023

On the wings of song • As the tenor’s 85th birthday approaches, and a celebratory Schubert album is released, James Jolly meets Ian Partridge to talk about a remarkably full and rewarding career

Letter of the Month • Britten at The Maltings at Snape

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

OBITUARIES

HANDEL Six Years in a Life • Many milestones marked this great man’s work. Richard Wigmore hones in on some particularly defining ones – all involving oratorios and operas – to offer a focused and in-depth view

THE ART OF THE SONG RECITAL • The programming of art songs can be a challenge, especially in terms of repertoire and sequencing. David Patrick Stearns talks to leading pianists, singers and composers shaping the tradition for today – on stage and on record

TAKE FIVE • The acclaimed quintet Onyx Brass have been together for 30 years, and to mark the occasion they’ve commissioned an array of composers for a new NMC album. Richard Whitehouse meets some of those involved in this celebratory project – and finds out about some of the music

Orchestra of the Year

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Edward Breen admires a superbly cast and characterful account of Handel’s opera Serse from The English Concert and conductor Harry Bicket

Orchestral

Bruckner’s Motets • Andrew Lucas talks to Andrew Mellor about the challenges of recording these remarkable works

Chamber

Maria Callas • Hugo Shirley carries our centenary series into the 1950s – the decade that marked the greatest achievements of the American-Greek soprano who was also born 100 years ago

Instrumental

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Steve Reich • Pwyll ap Siôn looks at how the US composer has harnessed characteristics of the human voice and language to create his own sound

Vocal

Concertos across the continent • Charlotte Gardner explores a range of web-based concerts

Opera

Jazz • The Editors of Gramophone’s sister music...