Editor's Choice: December 2023 | The best new classical recordings
- Friday, December 1, 2023
Music by Debussy, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Josquin and more is featured on this month's Editor's Choice recordings
Features
Contemporary composer: Chaya Czernowin
- Friday, November 24, 2023
The vitalist sound worlds of this Israel-born artist inspire younger composers and leave listeners entranced, finds Liam Cagney
Mozart: the Gramophone Award-winning recordings
- Friday, November 24, 2023
Here is every Mozart recording to have won a Gramophone Award since 1977
Contemporary composer: Dobrinka Tabakova
- Thursday, November 23, 2023
Having fought against pressures inherent in her field, Dobrinka Tabakova has an unwavering reverence for melody and clarity
Contemporary composer: David Del Tredici
- Monday, November 20, 2023
An enthusiastic David Patrick Stearns ‘explains’ this radical US composer, whose life seemed to feature a series of trapdoors
Choral music: 10 of the best recordings from the past 10 years
- Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Outstanding recording of works by Mozart, Cage, JS Bach, Buxtehude and more, from the Latvian Radio Choir, Bach Collegium Japan and Vox Luminis
How Shakespeare has inspired composers through the centuries
- Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Michelle Assay traces a history of music inspired by William Shakespeare, uncovering a treasure trove of well-known as well as lesser-known gems
Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77: a guide to the best recordings
- Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Brahms’s Violin Concerto stands alongside Beethoven’s at the peak of the instrument’s repertoire. Charlotte Gardner makes a selection from almost a century of recordings
Elgar’s Sea Pictures: a guide to the best recordings
- Monday, November 6, 2023
Janet Baker’s famous recording of Elgar’s song-cycle is justly regarded as a gramophone classic but Andrew Farach‑Colton sets sail in search of its challengers, old and new
The Best Classical Music Albums Of 2023 (So Far)
- Monday, November 6, 2023
All of these outstanding classical albums were Editor's Choices in Gramophone magazine and are highly recommended. If you are searching for an inspirational new recording, look no further
JS Bach’s ‘Ich habe genug’: a guide to the best recordings
- Monday, November 6, 2023
The meditative Cantata No 82, among the most emotive of Bach’s 200 or so such works, has inspired a range of highly effective recordings over the past three-quarters of a century
Gramophone's Recordings of the Year: 2000 to 2023
- Thursday, November 2, 2023
A unique overview of the finest classical music recordings of the 21st century, with links to the original Gramophone reviews
Early Music: 10 of the best recordings from the past 10 years
- Thursday, November 2, 2023
Outstanding recording of works by Josquin, Gesualdo, Daser, Cardoso and more, from The Tallis Scholars, Les Arts Florissants and Huelgas Ensemble
The 50 best Beethoven recordings
- Wednesday, November 1, 2023
50 of the finest Beethoven recordings available, complete with the original Gramophone reviews, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mitsuko Uchida, Murray Perahia, Takács Quartet and more
The 50 best Mozart recordings
- Wednesday, November 1, 2023
50 of the finest Mozart recordings in history, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado, plus extracts from the original Gramophone reviews
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