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LETTERS
• Gardiner v Wagner continued EDn'OR'S 0I01CE 10 ORCHESTRAL The best new recordings of the month
SOUNDBITES FOR THE RECORD Charles Datoitheads fur Verbier; Philip Glass'sWalt DimJey opera MY TOP 10 In the seasonal spirit - Caroline Gill's &vourite Christmas pieces INTERVIEW
Lang Lang and Sa Olen compete in Chopin; llouI=',Ile<g ond-." FILM MUSIC 12 ArareBCCl2ldHemnannmam:rpiecc
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Rautavaara is too ill to speak; Philip am. VOCAL i Iw:nicws "Sibelius'sheir" by ~nWl Matthias Goeme'sSchubert odyssey DIARY Z3 continues; Anna Netreblro's"Souvenirs" lhny Cbrl.tophon ..o.a. on 30 years ofleadingThe ~
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Big-1Wlle Beethoven Ninths
Move over Oasis, Wagner was there first ONE TO WATCH 35 BOOKS TalentW cellist twins from Australia Sir Thomas Beecham'swit and guile USA (North American edition only) A1 The mystcriaus case of the Qevdand SOUNDWAVES Orchestra. the critic and his demotion TUNE SURFING
FEATURES COVER STORY'
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From Berlin 10 New York, an esteemed SEEN AND HEARD inteInatianal panel of crltiClIlllIIleS and Amost unusu:al kstival for Ghent nwnbers the world'stnp 20 orchestras MUSIC AND nlE MIND 46 UVE MUSIC CALENDAR Does musk: make you cleverer? Is Mourt good for babies? Haw docs i t all work? Our special report sccb the answm HIGH-FIDELIlY
COMPOSING FOR SUNDANCE 52 AUDIO AND VISUAL
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Steane'spick of the Christmas discs SUBSCRIP110NS
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CRITICS' CHOICE
Our critics sdcct their favourite recordings £ram the past year
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