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Contents - July 20IO
'D'Oustrac suggests more than a hint of erotic passion and avows her eternal love with a burning convinction'
French mezzo-soprano Stephanie d'Oustrac'sforay into Haydn's songworld, reviewed on page 85
LETTERS William Carter: guitarist supreme; Barenboim and Rattle: a dream team
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EDITOR'S CHOICE The finest new recordings of the month, from Haydn's songs to Wagner's Gijtterdammerung
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FOR THE RECORD Grigolo for Sony; Higdon wins Pulitzer;
James Rhodes reaches out
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ONE TO WATCH South African-born harpsichordist
Kristian Bezuidenhout
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A CONVERSATION WITH . . .
. . . conductor Donald Runnicles
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DIARY
Violinist Henning Kraggerud on research
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RICHARD EYRE Our new columnist on discovering music
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PHILIP KENNICOTT Does Slatkin actually enjoy conducting?
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RECORDINGS ON TRIAL Is Harnoncourt's interpretation of Haydn's
"Paris" Symphonies on or off the mark?
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BIOGRAPHY OF AN INSTRUMENT Lost and found: the fascinating history behind Joshua Bell's prized violin
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PROMS SPECIAL Along with our guest editor, violinist Nicola Benedetti, we celebrate some of the themes and artists behind this year's Proms
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Nicola Benedetti interviews conductor Antonio Pappano; the colourful musical history of Venice; performing Bach transcriptions; the paradoxes of Morton Feldman; this year's full concert listings
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THE COLLECTION Opera critic and director Mike Ashman delves into his weighty archive of recordings of Wagner's Lohengrin
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MUSICALJOURNEYS Gilmore International Keyboard Festival; Parisian Joplin revival; Continuum Peninsula
Arts Contemporary Music Festival
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PICK OF THE MUSICAL MONTH Placido Domingo as Boccanegra in Madrid;
the Labeque sisters duet in Los Angeles; Lang Lang in New York's Central Park;
Viktoria Mullova plays Dartington
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AUDIO AND VISUAL Denon's new CD player, amp and tuner;
the frenzied launch of the Apple iPad
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MY MUSIC
Leading financial investor Anthony Bolton on his love of composing
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Which Wagner Lohengrin recording has sailed into first place in The Collection? 52
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