Gramophone has been the world’s leading authority on classical music since 1923. With 13 issues a year every edition will enrich your classical music knowledge with in-depth interviews and features about composers past and present, plus established and new artists from across the globe. Each issue includes over 100 reviews of the latest CDs, downloads, DVDs and books all written by our globally acclaimed panel of expert critics. Gramophone is an essential magazine for students and performers of classical music.


Please note: This is the North American edition of Gramophone. It includes all the pages of the UK edition and also a specialised 16 page supplement each issue, “Sounds of America”. This details the most exciting musical developments across North America as well as reviewing the most interesting specialist American releases.

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Issue Highlights:

In the October issue of Gramophone, on sale from September 10, we speak to the Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński about his new album for Erato on which he explores rare 18th-century arias and motets. Elsewhere, Imogen Cooper tells us of her desire to revisit piano pieces from her student days for her new Chandos recording. And in this month’s Collection, we recommend the best recording of Verdi’s game-changing opera, Rigoletto.

Plus, don’t miss our expert critics’ opinions of the newest classical releases: which will be named Editor’s Choice, and which overall recording will be crowned Recording of the Month?