Gramophone | October 2025
This month’s cover story features the wonderful cellist Sol Gabetta as she releases her new album on Sony Classical celebrating the 19th century virtuoso Lise Cristiani. Elsewhere in the issue, we talk to Sir Antonio Pappano about his first year as chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and his new recording on the orchestra’s own label of the music of Vaughan Williams. The Contemporary Composer feature focuses on the music of Elena Firsova, while in Musician and the Score conductor Maxim Emelyanychev talks about the composer’s Symphony No 36, ‘Linz’.
In Classics Reconsidered the first ever recording of a Parry symphony, Sir Adrian Boult’s recording of the composer’s Fifth from 1979, is up for discussion, while this month’s Collection is Chopin’s Piano Sonata No 3. Our Icon in October is the baritone Benjamin Luxon, and it’s also that time of year when we bring you two very special features: our Season Preview, offering a comprehensive guide to the best concerts, operas and events in the 2025/6 season; and the shortlisted albums in contention for the 2025 Gramophone Classical Music Awards. Plus, as always, our world-leading critics review the latest classical albums, with the very best being named Editor’s Choices.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Gramophone October 2025.