Gramophone magazine - Awards 2014 Issue [classical music]

Gramophone magazine (Classical Music Awards 2014)

ISSN: 0017-310X | 164 pages | PDF


GRAMOPHONE is a magazine published monthly in London and devoted to classical music, particularly recordings. Packed with features across all classical music genres, its globally acclaimed writers inform and entertain you with independent and intelligent editorial and more than 150 reviews in every issue. Gramophone's reputation is founded on its acclaimed critical analyses of the latest CD releases, in-depth features and interviews with classical stars, and its comprehensive coverage of recorded and live music.

IN THE AWARDS ISSUE:

* A complete guide to this year's Gramophone Award-winners, with contributions from Riccardo Chailly, Emmanuel Pahud, Murray Perahia and Leonidas Kavakos;

* Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes talks to Geoffrey Norris about recording Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto, the final stop in his 'Beethoven Journey';

* Get to know the works and inspirations of the new Master of the Queen's Music, Judith Weir, in a fascinating profile by Guy Rickards;

* Quartetto Italiano's 1967 recording of Beethoven's String Quartet No 15, Op 132, is revisited by Rob Cowan and Caroline Gill -- does the recording deserve its 'classic' status?

* and Jeremy Nicholas gives a specialist's guide to the greatest works for organ and orchestra.