Gramophone | February 2025
This month’s Gramophone features the viola player Timothy Ridout on our cover – we talk to the superb young virtuoso about his new album of solo works by Bach, Telemann, Britten and Shaw.
We also meet with Alice Sara Ott, who has recorded the complete nocturnes by John Field, and in his 500th anniversary year explore the music of Palestrina with vocal ensemble Stile Antico.
Kent Nagano, meanwhile, talks us through his recording of Brahms’s A German Requiem as it would have been performed on Good Friday 1868, this month Icons is conductor Rudolf Barshai, while in Classics Reconsidered we revisit the 1968 DG recording of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Our Collection explores the wealth of recordings of Chausson’s Concert for piano, violin and string quartet, our Contemporary Composer focus this month is German composer Detlev Glanert, and Musician & the Score sees conductor Cristian Măcelaru talk about Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 3.
Plus, as always, our expert critics review this month’s classical releases, with the finest being named Editor’s Choices.
