Remember listening to music on your Walkman or MP3 player? From early mechanical sound devices, gramophones, and radios to speculative brain-responsiv.

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 ...

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 ...

Apple's eighth-generation iPad mini is likely to arrive next year, so here's what to expect. The current ‌iPad mini‌ came out in 2024, with the main upgrade over the previous version being the A17 Pro ...

Read the reviews of the 66 albums shortlisted for Gramophone Awards this year in our free digital magazine – out now! The Shortlist will be reduced to three albums per category in the October issue of ...