Contents
GRAMOPHONE
LETTERS
Domingo experiences shared
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REVIEWS
EDITOR'S CHOICE
10 ORCHESTRAL
The best new recordings of the month
SOUNDBITES
Chloe Hanslip is sweetly expressive in Hubay concertos; Alan Gilbert's Mahler Ninth is a stunning achievement
FOR THE RECORD
12 ORCHESTRAL ROUND-UP
The 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Awards ceremony is a sparkling success Y0-Yo Ma marks 30 years of recording
MY TOP 10 Fire bum and cauldron bubble: musical witches for Hallowe'en
CHAMBER
19 Three stars, Lang Lang, Vadim Repin and Mischa Maisky are superb together
INTERVIEW The legendary mezzo Marilyn Horne inspires the next generation DIARY
Leonidas Kavakos examines music's "source" at the Southbank Centre
21 INSTRUMENTAL
Poised Bach performances from Ibragimova; Bavouzet's final Debussy
23 VOCAL
Jacobs delivers a classic Creation; Lewis and Padmore's wondrous Winterreise
PHILIP KENNICOTT
25 OPERA
"Russian pianist" is a miserable term but Romanovsky is one to break the mould Bryn Terfel is a very Bad Boy; David Parry's Parisina leads the field SIMON CALLOW Composers have often written their best works for the theatre
26 OPERA ROUND-UP
A plethora of Mozart reissues DVD
THE GRAMOPHONE DEBATE 28 Can you teach the art of composition? Jan Schmidt-Garre tackles a potentially explosive topic with sensitivity
ENCOUNTERS
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The Hilliard Ensemble's links to Arvo Part have helped define the group REPLAY A bumper Fritz Reiner edition
BOOKS
USA (North American edition only) A1 Yo-Yo Ma on disc has provided years Ignaz Friedman is deservedly recognised of fascinating discoveries for Andrew Farach-Colton ONE TO WATCH Hyperion pianist Danny Driver
MUSICAL JOURNEYS 35 SEEN AND HEARD
FEATURES COVER STORY Tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis - both outstanding soloists in their own right - join together to
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Tan Dun's "organic" concerto trilogy performed in the vineyards of Austria LIVE MUSIC Sally Beamish'scello concerto premiered
HIGH -FIDELITY AUDIO AND VISUAL
record Schubert's crowning song-cycles, Die schijne Miillerin and Winterreise The classical market still supports SACD CELLO TALK 42 Outstanding young cellist Natalie Clein in conversation with her idol Y0-Yo Ma FINALE MY MUSIC QUEEN OF THE OPERA NIGHTS 46 Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck German soprano Diana Damrau finally arrives as one of opera's brightest stars SUBSCRIPTIONS CLASSIFIEDS THE COLLECTION Faure's Nocturnes embrace the dark 50 NEW RELEASES REVIEWS INDEX
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COVER BEN WRIGHT , CHRIS LEE (INTERNATIONAL EDITION), T ODD ROSENBERG PHOT OGRAPHY, BEN WRIGHT (US EDITION) CONTENTS MARK HARRISON, BEN WRIGHT , MICHAEL O 'NEIL/SONY, KEV SPENCER COVER CD IST OCK PHOT OGRAPHY
42 Yo-YoMainconversation www.gramophone.net
146 Dave Brubeck's musical life
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