Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

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Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

Weekly conversations about classical music with leading musicians and writers

  1. Thélème's Director Jean-Christophe Groffe on pairing John Dowland and John Cage

    5 DAYS AGO

    Thélème's Director Jean-Christophe Groffe on pairing John Dowland and John Cage

    Thélème won Gramophone’s Early Music Award in 2022 with their Aparté album of music by Josquin Desprez, ‘Baisiez-moi’. Now they return with a new programme, also for Aparté, ‘All we get is life’, that brings together the music of John  Dowland and John Cage – with an extra track featuring Sting in his song ‘Shape of my Heart’ which he performs alongside Thélème. James Jolly caught up with Thélème’s Director and one of his vocalists, Jean-Christophe Groffe, to talk about what made him bring these two composers together on a single album.

    23 min
  2. Pianist Charles Owen on 'The Young Schumann'

    15 NOV

    Pianist Charles Owen on 'The Young Schumann'

    The British pianist Charles Owen has made some fine recordings, securing a quartet of Gramophone Editor's Choice accolades for albums of Poulenc, Jonathan Dove, Liszt and, with the violinist Augustin Hadelich, a collection of Czech music. Now, for Avie, he turns his attention to the music of Robert Schumann from the 1830s, including Carnaval, Papillons, the Intermezzi Op 4 and the Abegg Variations. James Jolly caught up with Charles recently in London to talk about the album, how Schumann's fascination with the duality of his character infuses these early works, and also about the luxury of recording in a beautiful restored barn deep in The Cotswolds without having to worry about the strict timetable of a commercial recording studio.

    26 min
  3. Alec Frank-Gemmill on Mozart's horn concertos

    8 NOV

    Alec Frank-Gemmill on Mozart's horn concertos

    In this week's Gramophone Podcast, the horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill joins Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about his beautiful new recording of Mozart's horn concertos, released today on the BIS label.

    25 min
  4. Pianist Alexandre Kantorow on his new Brahms, Schubert and Liszt album

    1 NOV

    Pianist Alexandre Kantorow on his new Brahms, Schubert and Liszt album

    Alexandre Kantorow was winner of the piano category at the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition as well as the recipient of that year’s Grand Prix. One of the world's finest young musicians, he has recorded a series of much-praised albums for BIS. And the latest release – a Gramophone Editor's Choice in the November 2024 issue – completes the trio of recordings of the three youthful piano sonatas by Johannes Brahms. It’s joined by Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and a selection of Schubert songs in Liszt’s transcriptions. James Jolly caught up with Alexandre in Paris recently to talk about the new release, and also to find out about his plans for the future.

    29 min
  5. Pianist Hanni Liang on her new album 'Voices'

    25 OCT

    Pianist Hanni Liang on her new album 'Voices'

    Pianist Hanni Liang speaks to Hattie Butterworth about her new album 'Voices' on Delphian Records formed around Liang's interest in Ethel Smyth's music and life. They also speak about Liang’s musical upbringing and her move towards doing things differently on the concert platform. She shares the cultural differences between China and the west, and what it was like growing up in Germany with Chinese parents.

    37 min
  6. Handel in Rome, with Nardus Williams and John Butt

    18 OCT

    Handel in Rome, with Nardus Williams and John Butt

    For this week's Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford is joined by soprano Nardus Williams and Director of the Dunedin Consort John Butt to talk about their new album exploring the music Handel wrote during his years in Rome, a young composer still in the early stages of his creativity. 'Handel in Rome' is released on Linn Records, and available now.

    22 min
  7. Rafael Payare on the music of Schoenberg

    11 OCT

    Rafael Payare on the music of Schoenberg

    For this week's Podcast, Gramophone Editor Martin Cullingford is joined by Rafael Payare, Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal to talk about the music of Schoenberg in the year that marks the composer's 150th anniversary. The focus is his beautiful new recording of Pelleas und Melisande and Verklärte Nacht, which is available today on the Pentatone label.

    24 min
  8. The 2024 Gramophone Classical Music Awards

    4 OCT

    The 2024 Gramophone Classical Music Awards

    The 2024 Gramophone Classical Music Awards were revealed on Wednesday October 2, and for this week's edition of the Podcast Editor Emeritus James Jolly, Editor and Publisher Martin Cullingford, and Deputy Editor – and Editor of International Piano – Tim Parry, gathered in the studio to discuss the winners. From Instrumental to Opera, and from Early to Contemporary, join us as we discuss and celebrate the finest albums of the past year.

    45 min
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