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RegularsEditor'schoiceBestnew recordings of the month 4 Musical month Concert highli ghts to Octobe r 19 5 From where I sit David Gowland, singi ng coach 23 SingertalkJBS recall s those 'dark brown' HMVs 25 Readers' letters Is it time for a Wagner cartoon~ 26 Collection Reynaldo Hahn: not just a master of song 28 US Section Live opera recordings; Musical tribute to Menuhin; revi ews and new releases A1-A12 Take 5 Second opinion on recent Bach releases 33 Take 5/2 A dip into some inspirin g British reperto ire 36 Reputations Rudolf Kempe, a reluctant hero 38 Replay Historic reissues, including French ReA's promising budget ser ies and some excellent Ansermet 41 Hindsight Life at Gramophone 70, 50 and 30 years ago 146

Features.....U..iH.•NikolausHarnoncourt reworks Aida 8 Interview Kyung-Wha Chung records the Brahms 13 Interview Stephen Hough tackle s Saint-Saens 15 Awards 2001 Fi nal-round nominations revealed 44

NewsVienna'sSofiensaa l destroyed by fire; Decca launches new singe r seri es; Australia's musical history issued on disc 16 Webwatch Explo ring sites of instrumental note 20

ReviewsOrchestralBBCSOand Slatkin get to grips with Bernstein, Hough's superb Saint-Saens concertos, Inghelbrecht's Debussy reissued 46 Chamber Intim ate musi c-making from the Petersen Quartet and the Beaux Arts' Beethoven piano trios 64 Instrumental Evan Ziporyn pushes back the boundaries of th e clarine t, Rolf Hind champio ns Ruders 72 Vocal Brahms Lieder from Juliane Banse 78 Opera Harnoncourt's Aida and an entertaining Ariadne 86 DVD & Video Portrait of Brendel, man and musician 96 Book reviews Indispensable new study of\Valton 100

AudioNewsNADjoins DVD-Audio fray with £550 player 102 Feedback Your hi-fi qu estio ns answered 105 Tests Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 3D 106 ATC SCM7I Dynaudio Audience 52 111 Naxos's first DVD-Audio release 115 Sony DAV-S500 116 NAD C160/C270 118 Arcam FMJ DV27 121 Marantz SR-4200 123

DataSubscriptions 35 Concert-going 95 Classifieds 128 New releases 132 Recommended recordings 138 UK label directory 141 Reviews index 144 Advertisers' index 145

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