Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

Gramophone

Classical Music

Wigmore Hall

Mozart

Schubert

Handel

Beethoven

Brahms

Baroque Music

Gramophone Classical Music Awards

Opera

Leonard Bernstein

Bach

Sony Classical

BBC Proms

Winterreise

Maurice Ravel

BIS

Franz Liszt

Charles Villiers Stanford

Mahler

Weekly conversations about classical music with leading musicians and writers

281 ratings

Publishes	Weekly	Episodes	589	Founded	12 years ago
Number of Listeners		Categories	Music InterviewsMusic

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Anthony Roth Costanzo on his new album and book, 'Countertenor'

Anthony Roth Constanzo has not only released a new recording for Nonesuch, but he has written a book, also called Countertenor, which is published next week, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The album’s astoundingly eclectic programme embraces a world p... more

23 Oct 2026 • 34 min • Most popular

Pianist-composer Nicolas Namoradze on his new Beethoven album

The Georgian-born pianist and composer – and a former Gramophone ‘One to Watch’ and Editor’s Choice recipient – Nicolas Namoradze has signed a recording contract with the Finnish Ondine label. The first fruit of the agreement is an album of solo Beet... more

16 Oct 2026 • 38 min • Popular

The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 5, with Laura van der Heijden & Ben Goldscheider

In this week's episode of The Gramophone Listening Room, presented in partnership with dCS Audio, host Charlotte Gardner welcomes cellist Laura van der Heijden and horn player Ben Goldscheider to the studio to share two of their personal favourite re... more

14 Oct 2026 • 44 min

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Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2026: The Winners

In this special edition of the Gramophone Podcast, we explore the full list of winners from this year's Gramophone Classical Music Awards. Editor Martin Cullingford, Deputy Editor Tim Parry, Reviews Editor Gavin Dixon and Editor of Opera Now and Choi... more

8 Oct 2026 • 47 min

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Recent Guests

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Countertenor, opera director and General Director of Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia

Episode: Anthony Roth Costanzo on his new album and book, 'Countertenor'

Nicolas Namoradze

Pianist and arranger of the Grosse Fuge for piano; Beethovian specialist

Ondine (record label)

Episode: Pianist-composer Nicolas Namoradze on his new Beethoven album

Laura van der Heijden

Cellist, Colliderscope Chamber Collective member

Colliderscope Chamber Collective

Episode: The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 5, with Laura van der Heijden & Ben Goldscheider

Ben Goldscheider

Horn player, Colliderscope Chamber Collective member

Colliderscope Chamber Collective

Episode: The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 5, with Laura van der Heijden & Ben Goldscheider

Augustus Perkins-Ray

Member of Apollo 5

Apollo 5

Episode: Apollo 5 on their new album 'Crossings'

Lily Robson

Member of Apollo 5

Apollo 5

Episode: Apollo 5 on their new album 'Crossings'

Sigurd Sverrup Sandmo

Chief executive and managing director

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Episode: The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Thabita Berglund

Chief conductor designate

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Episode: The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Lukáš Vasilek

Conductor

Czech Philharmonic

Episode: Lukáš Vasilek on Honegger's Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher

Hosts

James Jolly

Host with a long-running association to a leading classical music publication; frequent interviewer and contributor across multiple Gramophone outlets.

Hattie Butterworth

Co-host with a focus on contemporary and historically informed performance; appears across episodes as interviewer and commentator.

Charlotte Gardner

Contributor and host with emphasis on listening-room style conversations and artist-centered discussions.

Martin Cullingford

Senior editor/host; often guides conversations and provides editorial framing for contemporary music topics.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 281 ratings

Sound quality during interviews
While I Write below several years ago complaining about sound quality and see that others have done the same, I’m astonished that this still hasn’t been addressed. It’s not rocket science, use clip on microphones or hanging from above, just closer to the people. The echo is terrible and the whole experience of the podcast negatively influenced. Please, Gramophone, address this.
These podcasts are often interesting but severely let down by really bad sound quality during the interviews with art... more
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Gromit123
United Kingdoma year ago
The one indispensable
I can’t imagine my musical life without this wonderful journal
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5
Laurencewjames
Canadaa year ago
Audio volume problem
On the John Rutter episode (the only one I’ve listened to so far), the volume of the conversation was quite low, but the music excerpts were way too loud. How about equalizing those aspects?
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3
ArtTom
United Statesa year ago
Illuminating
Love the insights offered New York musicians on their recordings
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5
James_jazzy
United Statesa year ago
Absolutely brilliant
I’m not a newcomer to Classical music, but these podcasts and the Gramophone magazine have educated me. Just listened to the one on Schubert, and to think that I knew little of his music…so informative!
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jamaisdelavie
Australiaa year ago

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Listeners praise the depth and range of conversations with leading musicians and writers.

Fans value the scholarly and performance-focused insights that go beyond surface-level interviews.

Recurring feedback notes uneven audio quality in some episodes; improvements in recent releases are appreciated.

Chart Rankings

How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.

Apple Podcasts	#241	United States/Music/Music Interviews
Apple Podcasts	#11	Canada/Music/Music Interviews
Apple Podcasts	#30	United Kingdom/Music/Music Interviews
Apple Podcasts	#79	Canada/Music
Apple Podcasts	#224	United Kingdom/Music
Apple Podcasts	#76	Italy/Music/Music Interviews

Talking Points

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Anthony Roth Costanzo on his new album and book, 'Countertenor'

Q: Does being a countertenor affect the way you think about the wider institution of opera?

Costanzo says that building a career outside conventional repertoire taught him to think creatively. He applied that approach at Opera Philadelphia with low-cost pick-your-price tickets, which he says widened access, increased funding and made more adventurous programming possible.

Anthony Roth Costanzo on his new album and book, 'Countertenor'

Q: Did you conceive the album and book as a kind of complementary pair?

Costanzo says he wanted the album to give listeners a way to hear the many cultural and musical references explored in the book, while the two works illuminate the countertenor voice from different angles.

Pianist-composer Nicolas Namoradze on his new Beethoven album

Q: What did you learn from arranging the Grosse Fuge for piano about Beethoven's intent for the piece and how to communicate its drama on a keyboard?

The arrangement highlights that Beethoven cared about idiomatic piano writing and the essential dramatic gestures, rather than a strict copy of the string quartet; the piano version requires careful redistribution of voices and occasional thematic reworking to maintain clarity and impact.

Pianist-composer Nicolas Namoradze on his new Beethoven album

Q: Do you hear the younger Beethoven of Opus 54 already experimenting with some of the principles that would become so radical in the Hammer Klavier and the Grosse Fuge?

Yes, Opus 54 foreshadows later innovations; its two-part invention, canonic writing, and deceptive modulations push the boundaries of form, setting up a trajectory toward more radical transformations in later works.

Pianist-composer Nicolas Namoradze on his new Beethoven album

Q: I mean, what do you think drew Beethoven to the fugue in these extraordinary final years where his music teeters on the edge of abstraction?

Beethoven's late style revisits archaic forms as a deliberate, universal language; the fugue offers a structured way to transform material and drive dramatic narrative, showing that old ideas can illuminate new musical meanings.

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2. Nicolas Namoradze
3. Laura van der Heijden
4. Ben Goldscheider
5. Augustus Perkins-Ray
6. Lily Robson
7. Sigurd Sverrup Sandmo
8. Thabita Berglund

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