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Conductor Teddy Abrams on championing new music in Louisville

June 26, 2026 4:00am 31 min

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 philosophy. This week’s guest, the conductor Teddy...

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

June 19, 2026 6:16am 37 min

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 Timothy Ridout to the studio to share two of their pers...

Mahan Esfahani on Bach's Keyboard Concertos

June 12, 2026 5:43am 27 min

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 Hyperion label. Why were these pivotal works in t...

Klaus Tennstedt at 100: Edward Seckerson recalls a great conductor

June 05, 2026 2:45am 33 min

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 Hamburg (1979-81), and with the London Philharmoni...

Colin Matthews on his new album, 'Sea Scapes'

May 29, 2026 6:28am 31 min

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, Sea Scapes, release on the Onyx label. They discu...

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

May 22, 2026 7:10am 26 min

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 label. Called Milestones, it marks 500 years since t...

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

May 15, 2026 3:18am 45 min

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 and composer Eugène Ysaÿe and the Italian pianist an...

Helen Charlston on 'A Poet's Love'

May 08, 2026 8:15am 20 min

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 of Flames to discuss her latest album, A Poet's Lo...

The Gramophone Listening Room, with Plínio Fernandes and Anastasia Kobekina

May 01, 2026 6:27am 44 min

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 studio to explore some of the treasures of the reco...

Barnabás Kelemen on celebrating the legacy of the Hungarian Violin School

April 28, 2026 9:12am 32 min

Jack Pepper meets Festival Academy Budapest co-founder and Artistic Director Barnabás Kelemen to explore his upcoming concerto marathon, the gypsy violin tradition and a packed 2026 Summerfest This podcast has been produ...

Conductor Kirill Karabits on Thomas de Hartmann's opera Esther

April 24, 2026 5:06am 26 min

Kirill Karabits and the orchestra whose Principal Conductor he was for 15 years, the Bournemouth Symphony, have recorded the opera Esther by Thomas de Hartmann (1885-1956). Written in Paris during the last years of the S...

Composer Rachel Portman on 30 years of 'Emma'

April 17, 2026 4:44am 18 min

In this week's episode of the Gramophone podcast, Georgia Keeley speaks with composer Rachel Portman, marking 30 years since her Oscar-winning soundtrack for Emma (1996), and discussing her approach to writing music for ...

Jordi Savall on Bach's St John Passion

April 10, 2026 6:17am 26 min

In this week's episode of the Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford is joined by one of the most acclaimed figures of today's musical world, Jordi Savall, to talk about his new recording of Bach's St John Passion...

Soprano Elsa Dreisig on her opera and song recital 'Invocation'

April 03, 2026 4:15am 32 min

The soprano, Elsa Dreisig, has just released a new Erato album, 'Invocation'. Joined by the Orchestra e Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova conducted by Massimo Zanetti, it gathers together arias by Dvořák, Janáček, Pucc...

Peter Whelan on Handel's Messiah

March 24, 2026 12:31pm 29 min

Editor Martin Cullingford is joined by Peter Whelan, the Artistic Director of the Irish Baroque Orchestra, to talk about his new recording on the Linn label of one of the great masterpieces of all choral music - Handel's...

Nico Muhly and Peter Phillips on their new album 'No Resting Place'

March 20, 2026 6:55am 48 min

For this week's episode, the composer Nico Muhly and the founder of the Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips join the Gramophone Podcast to talk to Editor Martin Cullingford about their beautiful new release 'No Resting Place'...

Sir Mark Elder and Huw Watkins on their new Hallé recording

March 13, 2026 7:25am 47 min

In this week's edition of the Gramophone Podcast Editor Martin Cullingford was joined by conductor Sir Mark Elder and composer Huw Watkins to talk about the Hallé's new recording of Watkins's orchestral music, featuring ...

Elektra: Edward Gardner on Strauss's opera

March 05, 2026 9:46am 20 min

For this episode, we're joined by conductor Edward Gardner, who talks to Gramophone Editor Martin Cullingford about his new recording of Richard Strauss's opera Elektra, which is newly released on the Chandos label. Reco...

Pianist Alexander Malofeev on his debut solo album, 'Forgotten Melodies'

February 26, 2026 10:44am 24 min

The young Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev has just released his first album for Sony Classical. 'Forgotten Melodies' takes its name from the work by Nikolai Medtner which appears on the recording, alongside pieces by ...

Martin James Bartlett on his new album of Bach, Mozart and Britten

February 19, 2026 9:14am 16 min

In this week's episode of the Gramophone Podcast, editor Martin Cullingford is joined by pianist Martin James Bartlett to discuss his new recording of the music of Bach, Britten and Mozart, available on the Warner Classi...

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