Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

Anthony Roth Costanzo on his new album and book, 'Countertenor'

Anthony Roth Constanzo has not only released a new recording for Nonesuch, but he has written a book, also called Countertenor, which is published next week, by Farrar, S

Pianist-composer Nicolas Namoradze on his new Beethoven album

The Georgian-born pianist and composer – and a former Gramophone ‘One to Watch’ and Editor’s Choice recipient – Nicolas Namoradze has signed a recording contract with the

The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 5, with Laura van der Heijden & Ben Goldscheider

In this week's episode of The Gramophone Listening Room, presented in partnership with dCS Audio, host Charlotte Gardner welcomes cellist Laura van der Heijden and horn p

Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2026: 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 Martin Cullingford, Depu

Apollo 5 on their new album 'Crossings'

Gus and Lily from Apollo 5 join Hattie in the Gramophone studio to discuss their new album, Crossings, out now on the Voces8 label. Mapping a musical journey across the c

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

In a special edition of the Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford travelled to Bergen to spend time with our current Orchestra of the Year, the Bergen Philharmoni

Lukáš Vasilek on Honegger's Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher

For this week's Gramophone Podcast, conductor Lukáš Vasilek joins Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about his fascinating new recording with the Czech Philharmonic of Hon

Cellist Ben Michaels on commissioning music for cello

Cellist Ben Michaels speaks to Hattie Butterworth about his new album on Delphian, 'for cello, by cellists'. Michaels speaks about commissioning cellist-composers, carvin

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