Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

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Weekly conversations about classical music with leading musicians and writers

  1. Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2025: The Winners

    2 DAYS AGO

    Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2025: The Winners

    In this special edition of the Gramophone Podcast, we explore the full list of winners from this year's Gramophone Classical Music Awards. Editor Emeritus James Jolly, Editor Martin Cullingford, Deputy Editor Tim Parry and Editor of Opera Now and Choir & Organ Hattie Butterworth talk through the Category Winners, the Special Awards, and of course the new Recording of the Year – complete with excerpts of every album.

    57 min
  2. Maxim Emelyanychev on Mozart's symphonies

    10 OCT

    Maxim Emelyanychev on Mozart's symphonies

    For this week's Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford travelled to Padua to talk to Maxim Emelyanychev, Chief Conductor of Il Pomo d'Oro, about recording Mozart symphonies - and specially their latest release of Symphonies Nos 35 and 36, and Violin Concerto No 3 - on period instruments for the Aparté label.

    26 min
  3. Tine Thing Helseth on Echoes, her new album of trumpet concertos

    2 OCT

    Tine Thing Helseth on Echoes, her new album of trumpet concertos

    This week's guest on the Gramophone Podcast is trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, who talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about her new recording on the Lawo label. Called 'Echoes', it features works by Arutiunian, Penderecki and Weinberg - she talks about the album, as well as her wider work championing her instrument and its repertoire.

    31 min
  4. Ian Page on the music of Gluck

    26 SEPT

    Ian Page on the music of Gluck

    In this week's Gramophone Podcast, the conductor Ian Page joins Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about the music of the 18th-century composer Gluck, setting him in the context of musical developments of his time. The conversation marks the release of the new album from his ensemble The Mozartists - a recording of arias from Gluck operas, sung by Ann Hallenberg, and newly released on Signum Classics.

    42 min
  5. Anastasia Kobekina on Bach's Cello Suites | Gramophone Podcast

    19 SEPT

    Anastasia Kobekina on Bach's Cello Suites | Gramophone Podcast

    In this week's Gramophone Podcast, cellist Anastasia Kobekina talks about her new recording of one of the most revered series of works for her instrument - Bach's Solo Cello Suites. While the album isn't released by Sony Classical until next Friday (September 26), three movements are already available as singles, and in this side ranging conversation with Editor Martin Cullingford Kobekina talks about interpreting music from the Baroque through to the present day.  The Gramophone Podcast will now be included in The British Library Sound Archive, catalogued and preserved for future generations as part of the nation's audio and cultural heritage. Gramophone Magazine is a leading monthly publication for classical music, offering expert reviews, in-depth interviews, and industry insights. Available in print and online, it connects enthusiasts with the best recordings, artists, and trends in classical music worldwide.

    38 min
  6. Composer John Rutter: a birthday conversation

    10 SEPT

    Composer John Rutter: a birthday conversation

    One of the most-performed composers of our time, Sir John Rutter, celebrates his 80th birthday on September 24. To mark the occasion Harmonia Mundi has released an album of his choral music sung by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross – ‘John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration’. And next week Decca releases an all-orchestral collection, ‘Reflections’, that includes a performance of Rutter’s piano concerto, which gives the album its title. Rutter himself conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Steven Osborne the piano soloist. James Jolly went to visit Sir John at his home to talk about the new releases but also reflect on his long association with Clare College, and much else.

    56 min
  7. Rowan Pierce on recording Bach, Handel and Vivaldi | Gramophone Podcast

    2 SEPT

    Rowan Pierce on recording Bach, Handel and Vivaldi | Gramophone Podcast

    Soprano Rowan Pierce joins Jonathan Whiting to reflect on the intimacy of making chamber-scale Baroque music without a conductor, the challenges of Bach’s expansive recitatives, and the almost operatic drama of Handel’s 'Tra le fiamme'. She also speaks about her long collaboration with Ashley Solomon, the ensemble’s director, and about finding new colours and meaning in these works – music that, though written three centuries ago, resonates with striking relevance today. We were also incredibly honoured to recently learn that the Gramophone Magazine Podcast will now be included in The British Library Sound Archive, catalogued and preserved for future generations as part of the nation’s audio and cultural heritage. To hear other Gramophone podcasts, or to subscribe for free to new editions, search for 'Gramophone' in your Podcast App of choice, or visit Gramophone's page on Apple or Spotify.

    29 min

  8. 29 AUG

    Composer Jake Heggie on 25 years of writing operas

    Composer jake Heggie joins Hattie Butterworth to speak about the recording release of ‘Intelligence’, an opera premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2023 and out now on the LSO Live label. They also look back on 25 years since Heggie’s first opera ‘Dead Man Walking’ was premiered and ahead to a new production of the work at English National Opera in November

    33 min
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