Best Gramophone Podcasts (2025)

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EARL OKIN'S AMAZING GRAMOPHONE SHOW No.199.

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Earl Okin's Gramophone Show. No.199 To listen or download, click HERE. (1) The Laughing Policeman – Johnson/arr.Penrose. CHARLES PENROSE. (2) Deep River – Anon./arr.Burleigh. CLARA BUTT. (3) LE NOZZE DI FIGARO – Mozart. Deh! Vieni Non Tardar. CAMILLE BORELLO. (4) Narcissus - Nevin. JOYCE GRENFELL & NORMAN WISDOM. (5) Deep River – Anon./arr.Burleigh…

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Composer and author Robin Holloway on celebrating 900 years of classical music 37:00

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The composer, academic and writer Robin Holloway has just published a new book, Music's Odyssey, An Invitation to Western Classical Music (Allen Lane). He's Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge, where James Jolly went to visit him a couple of weeks ago to talk about the book's genesis and aims. The podcast features an excerpt …

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Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky on his new album 'Gelosia!' 34:19

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The French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky has just released a new Erato album of cantatas da camera by Alessandro Scarlatti, Porpora, Galuppi, Handel and Vivaldi, 'Gelosia!'. On it he also conducts his ensemble Artaserse, which he founded in 2002, and with which he increasingly appears solely as conductor rather than as singer. Gramophone's James …

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4. Mum 29:18

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As Cameron Finnigan is sentenced at the Old Bailey his mum speaks out. She offers a rare, painful and deeply revealing insight into families caught in the fallout of 764. The BBC investigation explores what it will take to stop this network and the National Crime Agency reveal what they’re doing to combat the growing threat of online groups like 76…

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3. Taken in 90 Seconds 23:57

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In a chilling look at how screens become crime scenes, we uncover a murder that was plotted in Romania and live streamed to 764 members worldwide. The investigation explores the power of online manipulation and the worrying reach of 764. Written and Produced by Jo Palmer. For information and support on issues discussed in this series, visit bbc.co.…

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2. The Lion’s Den 25:32

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Uncovering what happens inside 764’s chatrooms and its devastating toll on victims and families who are caught in the web of a network so dangerous, global law enforcement can barely keep up. We meet a Canadian mother, whose daughter was drawn into the group’s grip, revealing how 764’s tactics push families to the brink and leave no one untouched. …

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1. The Arrest 25:08

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Teenager Cameron Finnigan from Horsham in Sussex is arrested in a dawn raid. Behind it all is a shadowy online network called 764, so dangerous it’s being hunted by the FBI and global law enforcement. The BBC investigates how Finnigan became entangled in a world where teenagers are coerced into live streaming rituals, self-harm and murder plots. Pr…

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Introducing... Creation of a Teenage Satanist 2:06

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They are a terrorist organisation who believe ‘no lives matter.’ They search for and extort children and young people, with deadly results. This is the story of the far right Satanist group called 764. Written and Produced by Jo Palmer. For information and support on issues discussed in this series, visit bbc.co.uk/actionline.…

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The Hermes Experiment on their new album, Tree 34:56

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The Hermes Experiment - an ever-innovative, exploratory and imaginative ensemble - have released their new album, Tree, a meditation on nature, memory and change embracing contemporary composers and reimagined music from the past. Two members of the group, soprano Héloïse Werner and clarinetist Oliver Pashley - who also both have compositions on th…

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Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2025: The Winners 56:50

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In this special edition of the Gramophone Podcast, we explore the full list of winners from this year's Gramophone Classical Music Awards. Editor Emeritus James Jolly, Editor Martin Cullingford, Deputy Editor Tim Parry and Editor of Opera Now and Choir & Organ Hattie Butterworth talk through the Category Winners, the Special Awards, and of course t…

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Maxim Emelyanychev on Mozart's symphonies 26:20

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For this week's Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford travelled to Padua to talk to Maxim Emelyanychev, Chief Conductor of Il Pomo d'Oro, about recording Mozart symphonies - and specially their latest release of Symphonies Nos 35 and 36, and Violin Concerto No 3 - on period instruments for the Aparté label.…

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Tine Thing Helseth on Echoes, her new album of trumpet concertos 31:17

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This week's guest on the Gramophone Podcast is trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, who talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about her new recording on the Lawo label. Called 'Echoes', it features works by Arutiunian, Penderecki and Weinberg - she talks about the album, as well as her wider work championing her instrument and its repertoire.…

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EARL OKIN'S AMAZING GRAMOPHONE SHOW No198.

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Earl Oki's Gramophone Show. No.198. To listen or download, please click HERE... (1) FAUST – Gounod. Si Le Bonheur (in English). LOUISE KIRKBY-LUNN. (2) It's A Long Way To Tipperary – Judge/Williams. STANLEY KIRKBY. (3) Stardust – Carmichael/Parrish. BING CROSBY. (4) LA TRAVIATA- Verdi. Parigi O Cara. JOHN McCORMACK & LUCREZIA BORI. (5) Piccadilly J…

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Ian Page on the music of Gluck 41:39

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In this week's Gramophone Podcast, the conductor Ian Page joins Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about the music of the 18th-century composer Gluck, setting him in the context of musical developments of his time. The conversation marks the release of the new album from his ensemble The Mozartists - a recording of arias from Gluck operas, sung by A…

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Anastasia Kobekina on Bach's Cello Suites | Gramophone Podcast 38:25

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In this week's Gramophone Podcast, cellist Anastasia Kobekina talks about her new recording of one of the most revered series of works for her instrument - Bach's Solo Cello Suites. While the album isn't released by Sony Classical until next Friday (September 26), three movements are already available as singles, and in this side ranging conversati…

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Composer John Rutter: a birthday conversation 56:00

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One of the most-performed composers of our time, Sir John Rutter, celebrates his 80th birthday on September 24. To mark the occasion Harmonia Mundi has released an album of his choral music sung by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross – 'John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration'. And next week Decca releases an all-orchest…

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Rowan Pierce on recording Bach, Handel and Vivaldi | Gramophone Podcast 28:44

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Soprano Rowan Pierce joins Jonathan Whiting to reflect on the intimacy of making chamber-scale Baroque music without a conductor, the challenges of Bach's expansive recitatives, and the almost operatic drama of Handel's 'Tra le fiamme'. She also speaks about her long collaboration with Ashley Solomon, the ensemble's director, and about finding new …

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EARL OKIN'S AMAZING GRAMOPHONE SHOW No. 197.

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Earl Okin's Gramophone Show No.197. To listen or download, please click HERE! (1) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – Taylor. EMILE BERLINER. (2) Body And Soul - Green/Heyman/Sour/Eyton. COLEMAN HAWKINS. (3) RIGOLETTO – Verdi. Pari Siamo. RENATO ZANELLI. (4) Murphy's Gramophone – Tierney. JOHN TERRELL. (5) Body And Soul – Green/Heyman/Sour/Eyton. CHARL…

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Composer Jake Heggie on 25 years of writing operas 33:28

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Composer jake Heggie joins Hattie Butterworth to speak about the recording release of 'Intelligence', an opera premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2023 and out now on the LSO Live label. They also look back on 25 years since Heggie's first opera 'Dead Man Walking' was premiered and ahead to a new production of the work at English National Opera in …

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Cellist Alisa Weilerstein on recording new concertos by Gabriela Ortiz and Richard Blackford 23:58

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During the 2024-25 season, Alisa Weilerstein premiered three new cello concertos – Richard Blackford's The Recovery of Paradise (which she has recorded for Pentatone with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Tomáš Netopil), Gabriela Ortiz's Dzonot (recorded for Platoon with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel) and Thomas Larcher's Retur…

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The Dover Quartet on recording Woodland Songs | Gramophone Podcast 36:06

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Joel and Camden from the Dover Quartet meet Hattie Butterworth in Philadelphia to discuss their latest album, Woodland Songs, which places the music of Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate and Pura Fé alongside the Dvorak 'American' String Quartet in F Major. Though vastly different works in style, expression, and historical context, they share the common …

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4. Parachuting into War with a Gramophone 24:55

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A fierce warrior turned master strategist, he led elite SAS troops on missions that shifted the tide of World War II. Decorated four times yet denied the Victoria Cross. Was it down to a typo or a face that didn’t fit? Today, his legend burns brighter than ever, fuelling a renewed campaign to honour him with the Victoria Cross.…

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Mandolinist Avi Avital on his new album 'Song of the Birds' | Gramophone Classical Music Podcast 31:03

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The mandolin player Avi Avital, with his ensemble Between Worlds, has just released a new DG album 'Song of the Birds' which crosses boundaries to explore the musics of three geographical regions – Iberia, southern Italy (Puglia) and the Black Sea – with vivid results. For this week's Gramophone Podcast, James Jolly caught up Avi Avital while he wa…

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3. The Power of the Unthinkable 25:06

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Blair Mayne instils a maverick form of discipline, mourns a brother-in-arms, and forms the tip of the spear to liberate Europe from the Nazis.By BBC Radio Ulster

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Live from 2025 Three Choirs Festival 36:33

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Join Hattie at the 2025 Three Choirs Festival in Hereford as she speaks to performers, composers, clergy and audience members to discover what makes the festival such a place of pilgrimage 300 years since its foundation

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EARL OKIN'S AMAZING GRAMOPHONE SHOW No.196.

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Earl Okin's Gramophone Show. No. 196. To listen or download, please click HERE... (1) Down The Road – Gilbert. GUS ELEN. (2) OTELLO – Verdi. Niun Mi Tema. GIOVANNI ZENATELLO. (1908) (3) It's Tight Like That – Dorsey/Whittaker. ZACK WHYTE'S CHOCOLATE BEAU BRUMMELS. (4) New Piano Roll Blues – Ellington. DUKE ELLINGTON ORCH. (5) OTELLO – Verdi. Niun M…

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2. Vagabonds and Gentlemen 25:08

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In the shadows of the Middle East, Blair is pulled into a secret war fought far from the headlines. Recruited by a newly formed unit known only to a few - the SAS - Blair wages chaos and destruction behind enemy lines, where no rules apply.By BBC Radio Ulster

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Cellist Guy Johnston on the Bliss Cello Concerto | Gramophone Classical Music Podcast 29:26

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Guy Johnston joins Hattie Butterworth to discuss his latest recording of the Arthur Bliss Cello Concerto with Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. A technical mine field, the concerto was written for the great cellist Rostropovich and premiered with Benjamin Britten conducting at the 1970 Aldeburgh Festival. Guy also speaks …

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1. Let’s rob the bank next door... 25:09

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Blair Mayne floored his own boxing coach at Queen’s University in Belfast, shot a springbok on the 1938 British & Irish Lions tour, and later stood sharp as a solicitor. The life of this Newtownards war hero was built for the big screen, but did they get it right? Soft-spoken leader of men, or natural born hell raiser? We find out about the Real Bl…

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2025 BBC Proms: Our Top Picks | Gramophone Classical Music Podcast 27:35

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As the 2025 BBC Proms season gets underway, Martin Cullingford is joined by Tim Parry and Hattie Butterworth select their top picks. From Rachmaninov with Yunchan Lim and the UK premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Cello Concerto to a late-night tribute to Arvo Pärt and a rare performance of Delius's A Mass of Life, the team reflects on the Proms's c…

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Julian Bream: an archive interview from 2013 with the great guitarist 19:23

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We're today continuing the theme set by last week's edition, in which we marked the 500th episode of the Gramophone Classical Music podcast by looking back over some of our most memorable interviews and episodes. The interview Editor Martin Cullingford chose to reflect on was a conversation he had with the guitarist Julian Bream all the way back in…

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Music and conversation: 500 episodes of the Gramophone Podcast 38:20

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Earlier this year the Gramophone Podcast passed 1 million downloads. Now we've reached another milestone: our 500th episode. Launched before podcasting's current popularity, the series steadily built a following, which grew substantially once we adopted a weekly schedule and set formats. Those formats include: interviews with major artists on new a…