The Gramophone podcast

Gramophone’s Editor Martin Cullingford interviews the Dunedin Consort’s director John Butt about his new recording of Handel’s Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, a celebration and exploration of the art of music, on Linn.

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 caught up with Charles recently for a Gramophone Podcast to talk about Brahms and these miniatures of his later life.

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 his love of jazz, and about helping design a new clarinet. 

Gramophone's James Jolly and Rutbert Reisch, President of the Birgit Nilsson Foundation, discuss the great soprano

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 - including a remarkable recording of Rachmaninov playing his own music. 

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

Martin Cullingford and James Jolly discuss some of this year’s winners

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 of the music of Arvo Pärt on Onyx, the New York Philharmonic’s new music director Jaap Van Zweden, and this month’s best recordings, including our Recording of the Month, Bernstein symphonies conducted by Antonio Pappano on Warner Classics.

Recording Leonard Bernstein's three symphonies with Sir Antonio Pappano

Stephen Hough's Dream Album

Celebrating Bernstein, and this month’s best recordings

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 exactly as he believes the composer original intended it. Zander talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about the recording, and also about the importance of reaching new audiences for classical music.

Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić

Percussion, Mozart in London, and DG’s new Chinese signing