Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

Roxanna Panufnik on 'Love Songs & Lullabies'

Roxanna Panufnik talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about her fascinating and moving new album of Love Songs and Lullabies, released on the Signum label, as well as about

Conductor Philipp von Steinaecker on historically informed Mahler performance

The conductor Philipp von Steinaecker and the Mahler Academy Orchestra recorded Mahler’s Ninth Symphony in 2024 for Alpha Classics using instruments contemporary with the

The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 4, with Freddie De Tommaso & Charlie Lovell-Jones

In this week's episode of The Gramophone Listening Room, presented in partnership with dCS Audio, host Charlotte Gardner welcomes tenor Freddie De Tommaso and violinist C

Joby Talbot and Craig Hella Johnson on setting Octavio Paz’s poem ‘Piedra de sol’

In the latest edition of the Gramophone Podcast, composer Joby Talbot and the conductor of vocal ensemble Conspirare Craig Hella Johnson join Editor Martin Cullingford to

From the Archive: Charles Villiers Stanford – Exploring the composer's music with Jeremy Dibble

For this week’s Gramophone Podcast we dip into the archives and offer you another opportunity to hear a fascinating conversation about Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, the

Pianist Bruce Liu on his moon-themes recital 'Lunaris'

Pianist Bruce Liu’s new album ‘Lunaris’ is just out from Deutsche Grammophon – it explores the cosmos, the moon and the stars through music, taking in music by Chopin, Be

Gavin Higgins and Grace-Evangeline Mason on the Three Choirs Festival

Hattie Butterworth is joined by composers Gavin Higgins and Grace-Evangeline Mason to discuss the Three Choirs Associate Composer programme, the realities to life as a co

The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 3, with Thomas Dunford & Lucine Musaelian

In this week's episode of The Gramophone Listening Room, presented in partnership with dCS Audio, host Charlotte Gardner welcomes lutenist Thomas Dunford and viola da gam

Conductor Dalia Stasevska on her Ukrainian mixtape and the First Night of the Proms

This week’s guest is the Finnish-Ukrainian conductor Dalia Stasevska. Her new ‘Ukrainian Mixtape’, just out from Platoon, showcases four Ukrainian composers – Levko Kolod

George Fu on Schubert and grief

Pianist George Fu joins Hattie Butterworth to speak about his new album of Schubert and how the composer helped him through the loss of his father. They speak about the l

Peter Jablonski and Bomsori Kim on the Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz

The music of the Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz is undergoing a long-overdue renaissance. Her output was extensive and extraordinarily rich, as both the pianist Peter J

Conductor Teddy Abrams on championing new music in Louisville

Back in 2012 Gramophone gave an award to a wonderful documentary called Music makes a City which tells the story of the Louisville Orchestra, its creation, and its early

Matilda Lloyd and Timothy Ridout: The Gramophone Listening Room, Episode 2

In this week's episode of The Gramophone Listening Room, presented in partnership with dCS, host Charlotte Gardner welcomes trumpeter Matilda Lloyd and viola player Timot

Mahan Esfahani on Bach's Keyboard Concertos

In this week's edition of the Gramophone Podcast, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani talks about his new recording of Bach's Complete Keyboard Concertos, newly released on the

Klaus Tennstedt at 100: Edward Seckerson recalls a great conductor

The conductor Klaus Tennstedt was born on June 6, 1926. After his arrival from East Germany to the West, he held chief conductor posts with the NDR Symphony Orchestra in

Colin Matthews on his new album, 'Sea Scapes'

In this week's episode of the Gramophone podcast, the composer Colin Matthews joins Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about his new album of works for voice and ensemble,

Violinist Hugo Ticciati on O/Modernt's 'Milestones'

In this week's Gramophone Podcast, Hugo Ticciati talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about the fascinating new album from his ensemble O/Modernt, released on the Signum la

Celebrating Wigmore Hall at 125 with Director John Gilhooly and author Julia Boyd

On May 31, 1901 London's Wigmore Hall (originally Bechstein Hall) opened its doors, and hosted its first concert. Among the performers were the great Belgian violinist an

Helen Charlston on 'A Poet's Love'

In this episode of the Gramophone Podcast, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston speaks to Hattie Butterworht in Amsterdam during the run of Michel van der Aa's new opera Theory

The Gramophone Listening Room, with Plínio Fernandes and Anastasia Kobekina

Today we launch a new edition to the Gramophone Podcasts, The Gramophone Listening Room, in which Charlotte Gardner invites two of today's finest young artists into the s