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REGULAR 4 Editor's choice Best new recordings of the month 19 From where I sit Michael Berkeley, Renaissance man 20 Singertalk Bad nights and sweet dreams of Wagner 22 Readers' letters Down with li ve recordings A1 US Section (US edition only) Bright Sheng talks Chinese;
Vivien Schweitzer wonders what all the fuss is about 30 Reputations Karel Anceri, Czech master of Russians 36 Collection Debussy's Estampes - the best on CD 84 Detour... The dystopian harmony of Radiohead 104 Live Music around the world; on TV, radio and the web 126 Hindsight Life at Gramophone 70,50,30 years ago 130 My Music The enthusiasms of Channel4's Mark Thompson
NEWS 8 For the record Jeffrey Skidmore and The Sixteen's Spml 17 Obituaries Sesto Bruscantini and Arthur Oldham
FEATURE 24 Feature Sir Thomas Allen discusses Edwardiana and his part as the Royal Opera's first demon barber 28 Interview Lang Lang, pianist and basketball fan
REVIEWS 40 ORCI I [STRAl Norrington's Beethoven - th e seque l 49 RCHE TRJ\L RIlS"l'ES Karel Ancerl's 'Gold Edition' 50 CIIAMB[R Argerich in collaboration; Rzewski remixed 55 CHAMBER REISSUES 20th-century discoveries 56 I 'STRUM[NT,\L A Hammerklavier from Kovacevich 63 I STRt.:'vI CNTAI R[JSSUES An organ extravaganza 64 VOCAL A Verlaine songbook from Radio 3's 'Voices' 70 opcr " Albeniz, Hindemith and Offenbach premieres 75 l)PE RA H.J - I".sU I . Fonit Cerra boxes; Berganza in Cosi 77 ,s , \C D RLlSSL L . The War Requiem in surround sound 78 DVD Ute Lemper kicks up her heels; Bartoli in Haydn 80 RrrlAY A Guido Camelli bonanza 83 TAKF [1\'[ Encore for Carmen in French and English 86 nOOK R[V IE\V- Jews and music; Chopin's life and death
DATA 108 Subscriptions 103 Audio glossary 114 New releases 118 Classifieds 128 Reviews index
AUDIO 88 News B&O's se lf-eq uali sing speakers 89 Feedback Your hi-fi questions answered 90 Audio clinic Our audio doctor pays a housecall 92 Tests & Reports Tannoy Sensys DCZ 94 Vielma Acoustics
Schonberg 95 Arcam Fi\tU CD33T 97 ATC SCMI2 99 Pure DR)(- ?02 100 Mara ntz CD-I?
Interview Lang Lang telling sto ri es - with the piano 28
From where I sit Michael Berkeley on bringing new music to new audiences 19
Singertalk A Fantasy Ring is brought to life thanks to modern technology 18
Audio report Size matters in th e world of NlP3: we peer at Sony's latest offering 102
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