Editor's Choice: December 2024 | The best new classical recordings
- Friday, November 29, 2024
Featuring outstanding new releases from Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan, Xiayin Wang, James Ehnes, Jean-Guihen Queyras and more
Featuring outstanding new releases from Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan, Xiayin Wang, James Ehnes, Jean-Guihen Queyras and more
Gramophone’s writers look back over an impressive year for the recording industry and select their favourite albums
Kathryn Stott’s retirement brings to a close a four-decade-long duo partnership with Yo-Yo Ma, one filled with fun and adventure, as they tell Richard Bratby
Fauré’s most famous works are rightly revered, but as we mark the centenary of the composer’s death, Tim Ashley encourages us also to look beyond these to discover a more complex and richly rewarding legacy
The multi Grammy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste on the journey behind his latest album reimagining Beethoven’s music
In this month’s introduction to a classical record label, Tim Parry traces the history and varied output of a much-loved British company
Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the December issue of Gramophone
Our annual guide presents the best competitions across the UK, Europe, the US and beyond – many of which offer an early platform for major emerging talent
November 29 marks 100 years since the death of Puccini – to explore his art in detail, Jack Pepper talks to three leading performers of his music
As the Nash Ensemble celebrates its 60th birthday James Jolly went to meet Amelia Freedman, its founder and Artistic Director for those six decades
Tim Parry talks to Aimi Kobayashi about late Schubert and the pressure of expectations
Peter Quantrill and Christian Hoskins return to Wilhelm Furtwängler’s pioneering 1944 recording of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony
Andrew Everard relishes some plain speaking on a visit to loudspeaker company DALI in Denmark
RVW’s final symphony took time to become established following its composer’s death. Geraint Lewis charts its emergence on recordings as a summative, valedictory work of uncommon power
Whatever your budget it’s possible to buy an excellent pair of headphones, whether made by a dedicated manufacturer, or one of the world’s big loudspeaker names
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