Gramophone's Recording of the Year & Choral Award 2025: JS Bach’s Mass in B minor from Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon directs a glowing account of Bach’s compendious work
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Editor's Choice: Awards issue 2025 | The best new classical recordings
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Sheerly exciting, with a strong cast headed by Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley
Gramophone's Young Artist of the Year 2025: María Dueñas
This violinist shot to stardom as an 18-year-old in 2021, mid-pandemic, and has not looked back, her playing continuing to tick every imaginable box
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The Hermes Experiment on their new album, Tree
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Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2025: the winners
A special podcast announcing the winners of the 2025 Gramophone Classical Music Awards
Maxim Emelyanychev on Mozart's symphonies
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Editor's Choice: Awards issue 2025 | The best new classical recordings
This month we highlight the music of Tarquinio Merula in our Recording of the Month
The Best Classical Albums of 2025 (So Far)
If you are searching for an inspirational new recording, look no further. All of these outstanding classical albums were Editor's Choices in Gramophone magazine and are highly recommended
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