THE CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE

RAMOPHONE

FEBRUARY 2005 £4.25 vvww.gramophone.co.uk

SALOME Sex, lies and Richard Strauss the best on disc

GARDINER'S MONTEVERDI An historic meeting of minds in Venice

SHOSTAKOVICH IN LENINGRAD The symphony that saved Russia

BACKHAUS The quiet man who conquered Beethoven

RECORD OF THE MONTH 'Dawn Upshaw expands the boundaries of what a song recital can achieve - and mean.'

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