VE Day 80: a playlist of music to mark the anniversary
From composer-soldiers to contemporary writers reflecting on the anniversary, Jack Pepper curates a playlist marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe
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Music in wartime – correspondence from the Front: 'Music can bring back the visions of a life worth fighting for'
A moving collection of letters written to The Gramophone, chronicling the role of recorded music in the lives of service people during the Second World War
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Rising young pianist Alon Kariv on the ‘Israeli piano school’
Ahead of his performance with the English Chamber Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, Kariv discusses the titans who shaped the Israeli piano scene, with James Inverne
Gramophone Classical Music Awards 1986
Claudio Abbado's miraculous account of Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims took the top prize at the 1986 Gramophone Classical Music Awards, but it was one of many benchmark recordings recognised that year
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Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin on returning to Scriabin's music
A second album celebrates a composer whose music has a special place in the pianist's affections
Kahchun Wong on The Hallé and Bruckner's Ninth
The Hallé's Principal Conductor on the orchestra's relationship with its home city of Manchester
Cellist Zlatomir Fung on his debut recording of opera fantasies
The 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition cello winner releases his first album
Conductor Alan Gilbert on Brahms and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
The American Chief Conductor of the Elbphilharmonie Orchestra talks about music in Hamburg, the effect of a new hall and his new recording of Brahms's Third Symphony
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Top 5 classical releases you need to hear this week – featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Yevgeny Sudbin
This week we feature new recordings of Elgar's The Kingdom, Scriabin's Vers la flamme and symphonies by Schumann and Bruckner
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Editor's Choice
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.
Editor's Choice – May 2025: this month's outstanding classical recordings
From Lise Davidsen’s rare Senta to rediscovered Boult and radiant Ravel, these are the recordings that define this month’s listening
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Echoes of Genius: From the Dawn of Electrical Recording to Hidden Violin Treasures
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Blogs
Ukraine in music: rediscovering a nation’s voice through the piano
Margaret Fingerhut reflects on heritage, history, and hope in her recital and recording 'Ukraine – A Piano Portrait', featuring works by overlooked Ukrainian composers
Recording’s importance and uniqueness
Lise Davidsen’s Senta, Sofronitsky’s spontaneity, Karajan live in Berlin – this month’s issue offers powerful reminders of how recordings preserve the unrepeatable
I had to tell my wife I would no longer be able to earn a living as a concert pianist
The pianist Rustem Hayroudinoff on recovering from focal dystonia – a condition renowned for ending performing careers
As two early career female musicians, we felt it was our responsibility to create positive change: the musicians behind EMPOWER
EMPOWER Women Changing Music is about to host its first event at King's Place. Co-founder Sinead Walsh shares her journey from disillusionment to setting up the successful project celebrating women in...
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