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A reminder to us all of music’s roots in society • Founded in 1923 by Sir Compton Mackenzie and Christopher Stone as ‘an organ of candid opinion for the numerous possessors of gramophones’

Gramophone Magazine • Volume 103 Number 1260

GRAMOPHONE Editor’s choice • Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews

FOR THE RECORD • Ondine signs Nicolas Namoradze

ONE TO WATCH • Michiaki Ueno - Cellist

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Alpha Classics • In our latest guide to a classical record label, Tim Parry celebrates the consistent excellence of a French independent

IN THE NEW EDITION OF CHOIR & ORGAN • Editor Hattie Butterworth introduces the Winter issue of Gramophone’s sister title

Tim Keeler • Chanticleer’s Music Director on ‘Joy to the World’, the American vocal ensemble’s new album of Christmas music both old and new

Rituel • Fabrice Fitch offers a guide to a work Boulez composed in the mid-1970s in memory of his friend Bruno Maderna

CARTE BLANCHE • James Jolly pays a visit to one of the UK’s great bass singers, Sir John Tomlinson, to talk about his long career, and some of the collaborations he’s enjoyed along the way

Letter of the Month

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GRAMOPHONE NEXT MONTH JANUARY 2026

CAPITAL years • Drawing on contemporary documents, Richard Wigmore traces the two glittering London visits that crowned Haydn’s international reputation – and made him a rich man

CHANGING SEASONS ON DELPHIAN

THE LONDON YEARS ON RECORD • A chance to listen to the works mentioned in this feature

Choral royalty • As King’s College, Cambridge, celebrates both Christmas and the works of Sir John Rutter, Music Director Daniel Hyde tells Martin Cullingford about the famous choir’s modern musical life

JOY to the WORLD • Edward Breen listens to music for the festive season, ranging from baroque liturgy to newly composed carols, a Dickens-themed programme and a Cuban Christmas

THE CHRISTMAS LIST • Your guide to the festive season’s recordings

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Critics’ Choice 2025 • Gramophone’s writers select their favourite releases from the many impressive albums of the past year

… AND FIVE CHOICES BY THE GRAMOPHONE TEAM

The Music Library Reinvented • Estonian company Scoremusic pioneers the sharing of digital sheet music for orchestras and ensembles

RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Mark Pullinger welcomes a studio recording of Donizetti’s great opera, with an impressive cast led by Lisette Oropesa, her Lucia as fine as any on record

Orchestral

Rachmaninov’s The Bells • Vasily Petrenko talks to Mark Pullinger about the composer’s personal favourite of his own works

Chamber

GRAMOPHONE Collector MOZART ROYAL AND IMPERIAL • David Threasher listens in to a selection of recordings of duos, trios and quartets from across the Salzburg composer’s career

Matti Salminen •...