Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

Acclaimed baritone Sir Thomas Allen talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about his latest album, September Songs, of music from the 'Great American Songbook'. Featuring excerpts from the album, which is available now on Champs Hill Records.

Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford and Editor-in-Chief James Jolly explore some of the winners from the 2018 Gramophone Awards including the Recording of the Year, and discuss the Recording of the Month from the latest issue of the magazine.

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.

Sir Antonio Pappano has recorded Leonard Bernstein's three symphonies - Jeremiah (No 1), The Age of Anxiety (No 2) and Kaddish (No 3) – with his Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the ensemble of which Leonard Bernstein was Honorary President. Recorded live this February at orchestra's home in the Parco della Musica, the symphonies set is released by Warner Classics on Friday, August 10. James Jolly went to Rome to report on the sessions and talk to conductor, soloists Beatrice Rana and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, and Bernstein's Personal Assistant Craig Urquhart, about these three major scores.

One of today's foremost pianists, Stephen Hough talks to Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford about his fascinating and very personal new recording. From Mompou and Liszt to Sibelius, via 14 transcriptions and several pieces by Hough himself, the release - called Stephen Hough's Dream Album, and available on Hyperion Records - is a beautiful journey through the art of the piano miniature.

Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford and Editor-in-Chief James Jolly discuss some of the topics and releases covered in the latest issue of the magazine, including the legacy of Leonard Bernstein, and Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, a fabulous new recording of which is our August issue's Recording of the Month.

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. Zander talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about the recording, and also about the importance of reaching new audiences for classical music.

In the latest Gramophone Podcast, guitarist Miloš Karadaglić talks to Editor in Chief James Jolly, telling him about the new concerto by Joby Talbot that he's premiering at the Proms on August 2, and his new book 'Play Guitar with Miloš', which is available now from Schott.

Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford and Editor-in-Chief James Jolly discuss some of the topics and releases covered in the latest issue of Gramophone, including: the world of percussion, Mozart in London, DG's latest Chinese signing, and how to vote for our orchestra of the year.

The clarinettist Michael Collins talks to Gramophone's James Jolly about Bernhard Crusell's groundbreaking impact on the instrument, his three concertos, and recording and conducting at the same time. His new Chandos recording is Gramophone's June Recording of the Month.