Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

We profile our 2018 label of the year - Harmonia Mundi. Editor Martin Cullingford spent time last summer in Arles, the label’s home in the South of France, and spoke to various artists - both establi…

A special celebratory conversation between cellist Steven Isserlis and Editor-in-Chief James Jolly which explores - among many topics - the nature of recording, the music of John Tavener, cellists of…

Cambridge is a city famed for its world-leading choirs of boy choristers - but ten years ago, St Catharine’s College founded the first college-based choir for girls. In the latest Gramophone podcast …

The pianist Charles Owen has recently released a two-CD set of Brahms's late piano music (the Opp 76 and 79, as well as Opp 116-9 pieces) on Avie, also available to stream and download. James Jolly c…

Violinist Nikolaj Znaider talks to Gramophone's James Jolly about recording Mozart for LSO Live, and about the Carl Nielsen International Competition.

Clarinettist Julian Bliss talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about his new recording of the Mozart and Weber clarinet quintets with the Carducci String Quartet on Signum Classics. He also discusses h…

The centenary of the birth of the great Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson fell in May and the Birgit Nilsson Foundation has overseen various commemorative projects including a DVD and a 31-CD set of Nil…

Gramophone Editor Martin Cullingford and Editor in Chief James Jolly pay tribute to the great soprano Montserrat Caballé, discuss the music of Bach, and enjoy some of the best new classical releases …

Acclaimed baritone Sir Thomas Allen talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about his latest album, September Songs, of music from the ‘Great American Songbook’. Featuring excerpts from the album, which i…

Gramophone’s Editor Martin Cullingford and Editor-in-Chief James Jolly explore some of the winners from the 2018 Gramophone Awards including the Recording of the Year, and discuss the Recording of th…

Gramophone’s Editor Martin Cullingford and Editor-in-Chief James Jolly discuss some of the topics and releases covered in the latest issue, including our cover artist Viktoria Mullova’s new recording…

Sir Antonio Pappano has recorded Leonard Bernstein's three symphonies - Jeremiah (No 1), The Age of Anxiety (No 2) and Kaddish (No 3) – with his Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, t…

One of today's foremost pianists, Stephen Hough talks to Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford about his fascinating and very personal new recording. From Mompou and Liszt to Sibelius, via 14 transc…

Gramophone’s Editor Martin Cullingford and Editor-in-Chief James Jolly discuss some of the topics and releases covered in the latest issue of the magazine, including the legacy of Leonard Bernstein, …

Benjamin Zander's latest recording is of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus on Brattle Media, and it’s one in which the conductor has sought to perform the work ex…

In the latest Gramophone Podcast, guitarist Miloš Karadaglić talks to Editor in Chief James Jolly, telling him about the new concerto by Joby Talbot that he’s premiering at the Proms on August 2, and…

Gramophone’s Editor Martin Cullingford and Editor-in-Chief James Jolly discuss some of the topics and releases covered in the latest issue of Gramophone, including: the world of percussion, Mozart in…

The clarinettist Michael Collins talks to Gramophone's James Jolly about Bernhard Crusell's groundbreaking impact on the instrument, his three concertos, and recording and conducting at the same time…

Leading pianist Angela Hewitt talks to Gramophone’s Editor Martin Cullingford about the importance of Bach in her life, recording Beethoven Sonatas, and performing Messiaen at the Proms.