Classical Recommendations
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2026
14th Jul 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by an 'engagingly fresh' account of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 and the world premiere recording of Carlos Simon's 'riotously colourful' Four Black American Dances from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony on Reference.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2026
18th Jun 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'consistently luminous and assured' set of Bohuslav Martinů's symphonies from the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hrůša on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2026
19th May 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by 'a new Beethoven cello sonatas benchmark' from Paul Watkins and Alessio Bax on Signum.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2026
20th Apr 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by the world premiere recording of Charles Silver's fairytale opera La Belle au bois dormant from the Palazzetto Bru Zane.
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Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant
Thomas Dolié (Le Roi), Guylaine Girard (Aurore/La Reine), Kate Aldrich (La Fée Urgèle/Dame Gudule), Adrien Fournaison, Julien Dran (Le Prince/Le Chevalier errant), Matthieu Lécroart (Barnabé); Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, György Vashegyi
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2026
23rd Mar 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a St John Passion of 'unyielding quality' from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon on Harmonia Mundi.
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JS Bach: Johannes-Passion
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Huw Montague Rendall (Jesus), Ying Fang (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Etienne Bazola (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2026
24th Feb 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'mesmerisingly, shatteringly powerful and beautiful' album of Vaughan Williams, Caroline Shaw, Ellen Reid and Sam Amidon from Pekka Kuusisto on Platoon.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2026
26th Jan 2026
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'revelatory' album of Johann Ludwig Bach's cantatas from Capella Sollertia on Ricercar.
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Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas
Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch (tenor), William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney (soprano), Michael Mogl, Tabea Mitterbauer, Anna-Lena Elbert, Micha Matthäus, Tobias Knaus, Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2026
13th Jan 2026
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'very special collaboration album' of Schubert from Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou on Erato.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2025
16th Dec 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a studio recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor from Catania with a 'tremendous' Lisette Oropesa in the title-role and Donizetti specialist Fabrizio Maria Carminati at the helm.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - Awards Issue 2025
22nd Oct 2025
Chris introduces the latest selection, headed by 'a landmark achievement' from Belgian early music ensemble InAlto in music by Tarquinio Merula on Ricercar.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2025
15th Sep 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Purcell's Dido & Aeneas from Il Pomo d'Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev on Erato, with the 'magical pairing' of Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres in the title-roles.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - September 2025
12th Aug 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'welcome, colourful and, at times, unconventional' set of Bach orchestral transcriptions by the late Sir Andrew Davis on Chandos.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - August 2025
14th Jul 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Vilém Vlček and Denis Linnik's 'urgent and profound' set of Martinů's complete works for cello and piano on Supraphon.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2025
24th Jun 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Bojan Čičić's 'masterly' recording of Biber's complete violin sonatas from 1681 on Delphian.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - June 2025
20th May 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by a 'most distinguished' account of Richard Strauss's Salome from Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic on Chandos, recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival in 2022 with Malin Byström in the title-role.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - May 2025
22nd Apr 2025
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by an 'alert, cohesive and significant' live recording of Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer from Edward Gardner and the Norwegian National Opera, with Gerald Finley in the title-role and Lise Davidsen as Senta.
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Lise Davidsen (Senta), Gerald Finley (The Dutchman), Brindley Sherratt (Daland), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik), Anna Kissjudit (Mary), Eirik Grøtvedt (Steersman) Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - April 2025
25th Mar 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a Tosca boasting 'the finest cast of the digital era' (namely Eleonora Buratto, Jonathan Tetelman and Ludovic Tézier) on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Puccini: Tosca
Eleonora Buratto (Tosca), Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi), Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia), Giorgi Manoshvili (Angelotti), Davide Giangregorio (Sagristano), Matteo Macchioni (Spoletta), Nicolò Ceriani (Sciarrone) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Daniel Harding
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - March 2025
4th Mar 2025
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a 'multi-coloured, lyrical' set of the Paganini Caprices from the young Spanish violinist María Dueñas on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - February 2025
28th Jan 2025
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by a 'lived-in and insightful' Mahler 7 from Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on BR Klassik.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - January 2025
8th Jan 2025
Chris introduces this month's choices, headed by 'passionate and engaging' Vivaldi from countertenor Carlo Vistoli and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin on Harmonia Mundi.
