Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on February 2 launched a sharp attack on the Congress–Raijor Dal understanding ahead of the Assembly elections, asserting that the Opposition alliance has no ...

Gavin Dixon, Tim Parry and Martin Cullingford explain how Editor’s Choices are made and reveal their own Critics’ Choice picks As another year of preparing and publishing many hundreds of reviews ...

When the Gramophone jury meets to discuss that year’s Award winners and vote for the Recording of the Year, there is usually talk about whether something will be considered a ‘benchmark’ recording.

The baritone bade farewell to the stage last year, but one can forever enjoy his remarkable voice in many and varied roles recorded over more than half a century November 12, 1980, was an evening at ...

This month's edition of Gramophone is a very special celebration of the 2025 Gramophone Awards! You can read full coverage of our winners written by our world-leading experts, including the Recording ...

A fine modern account of a popular violin concerto from Vilde Frang, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati In his original review of our Concerto Award winner, Geraint Lewis ...

In this special edition of the Gramophone Podcast, we explore the full list of winners from this year's Gramophone Classical Music Awards. Editor Emeritus James Jolly, Editor Martin Cullingford, ...

This longtime household name has not even reached his prime – and neither is he about to rest on his laurels Sir Simon Rattle turned 70 in January. He would not be the first conductor to come into his ...

Alexandre Kantorow completes his survey of Brahms’s piano sonatas Alexandre Kantorow’s final release in his series of Brahms sonatas is also the most effective as an overall programme. Brahms’s First ...

The first phrase of the A major Quartet, for piano alone, has top-notch artistry written all over it; the cello’s rejoinder and the full strings’ restatement likewise. It only takes a few more bars to ...

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...

The UN General Assembly convenes every September for deliberations on challenges collectively facing humanity. The United Nations General Assembly will mark its 80th edition from Tuesday, September 9, ...