The 2019 Gramophone Classical Music Awards are just over one month away. Our critics have spent many months listening to the hundreds of recordings in contention for our prestigious awards, and in the latest issue of Gramophone - our October issue, which subscribers will be receiving from today - we reveal the shortlist of the top three albums in each category. Over the next few weeks, the Gramophone Podcast will be devoted to exploring that shortlist. We start this week with the Editor-in-Chief James Jolly and Reviews Editor Tim Parry discussing the Orchestral, Concerto and Instrumental categories.

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