The Gramophone magazine

Marc Minkowski founded his ensemble Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble 30 years ago, and as part of the anniversary celebrations they've released a set of the Schubert symphonies. James Jolly went to talk to the conductor.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja talks to James Jolly about her new disc of three Hungarian violin concertos - works by Bartok, Eotvos and Ligeti - for Naive

Composer Gabriel Jackson talks to Sarah Kirkup about his Requiem, newly recorded by the Vasari Singers, and tenor Nicholas Phan talks to James Jolly about his new collection of vocal music by Benjamin Britten

Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes talks to Gramophone's James Jolly about his new Sony Classical release of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 3, the first instalment of his Beethoven Journey

Martin Cullingford and Guy Rickards discuss: Nørgård Violin Concertos from Peter Herresthal and Rolf Gupta (BIS); Rautavaara Percussion and Cello concertos from Colin Currie, Truls Mørk and John Storgårds (Ondine); and works by Saariaho from Kari Kriikku, Anu Komsi and Sakari Oramo (Ondine)

James Jolly and Caroline Gill discuss: Hilary Hahn and Valentina Lisitsa playing Ives sonatas (DG), Schumann Trios from Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff and Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI), and Schumann String Quartets from the Doric Quartet (Chandos)

Martin Cullingford and Bryce Morrison discuss: Benjamin Grosvenor playing Chopin, Liszt and Ravel (Decca), Chopin's complete Waltzes from Stephen Hough (Hyperion), and Schubert Piano Sonatas from Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi)

James Jolly and Rob Cowan discuss: Maurizio Pollini playing Chopin (Testament), live Glenn Gould from 1951-60 (West Hill Radio Archives), and Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw, Vol 6 (RCO Live)

James Jolly and David Threasher discuss: Bartók Violin Concertos from James Ehnes (Chandos), Beethoven and Berg Violin Concertos from Isabelle Faust (Harmonia Mundi), and Shostakovich Piano Concertos from Alexander Melnikov (Harmonia Mundi)

James Jolly and Richard Fairman discuss: 'Arias for Guadagni', a recital disc from Iestyn Davies (Hyperion), Vivaldi Opera arias from Roberta Invernizzi (Glossa), and Wagner Scenes René Pape (DG)

Martin Cullingford and Adrian Edwards discuss: Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner (SDG); a disc of Howells choral works conducted by Stephen Layton (Hyperion), and Poulenc’s 'Half Monk, Half Rascal', also from Layton (OUR Recordings)

James Jolly and Lindsay Kemp discuss the shortlisted Baroque Vocal recordings: Bach's Mass in B minor from Collegium Vocale, Ghent and Philippe Herreweghe (PHI); Schütz from Vox Luminis from Lionel Meunier (Ricercar); and Zelenka from Collegium 1704 and Václav Luks (Accent)

James Jolly and Lindsay Kemp discuss the shortlisted Baroque Instrumental recordings: Bach Orchestral Suites from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi); Handel's Concerti grossi, Op 3 from Concerto Copenhagen and Lars Ulrik Mortensen (CPO); and Vivaldi's The French Connection, Vol 2, from La Serenissima and Adrian Chandler (Avie)

Martin Cullingford and Richard Lawrence discuss the shortlisted Opera recordings: Massenet's Werther, conducted by Antonio Pappano (DG); Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, conducted by Marek Janowski (Pentatone Classics); and Beethoven's Fidelio, conducted by Claudio Abbado (Decca)

James Jolly and Richard Fairman discuss the Solo Vocal Category shortlist in the Gramophone Awards 2012: Mark Padmore sings Britten and Finzi (Harmonia Mundi), Roderick Williams sings Britten (on Naxos), and a programme entitled 'Songs of War' from Simon Keenlyside (Sony Classical)