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REGULAR~ 4 Editor's choice Best new recordings of the month 19 From where I sit Concert hall designer, Russell Johnson 20 Singertalk The rise and fall of Irish tenor, Tom Burke 22 Readers' letters 'Vhy bother with new music? A1 US Section (US edition only) The rise of Gloriae Dei
Cantores; American opera; the latest US releases reviewed 32 Reputations Brigitte Fassbaender - her searing truth 36 Collection Prokofiev's Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 92 Detour... The band that spearheaded progressive rock 131 Staying in Classical highlights on TV and radio 133 Going out The best Jive events around the world 135 Hindsight Life at Gramopbone 70,50,30 years ago 138 My Music Patricia Routledge on singing and acting
NE\VS 8 For the record ROH forms partnership with Music
Theatre Wales; BBC Scottish SO to get new home 17 Obituaries George Guest and Yuri Ahronovich rEATURES- 24 Cover story Renee Fleming returns to bel canto 28 Interview Anderszewski on playing Bach on the piano
REVI E\VS 40 I .WU II~~TI~\ I Classic Barbirolli and Anced recordings 49 t 'RCH r ~ I R.\ [ I tr I ~~l ' l" I Lush late-Romantic fare 51 ()I, UllSlll·\l RlIS~l ' I" II Best of British music 52 l II \ \ ·1r, [R The Ia test of the Lindsays' Beethoven cycle 58 ! "SI RL. ~I I ' " T.\ L Mitsuko Uchida plays Schubert 64 \ t " ~ ' \ l . Silvestrov's ecstatic whispers 74 ' )1 ' 1 , , ' \ Natalie Dessay sings Donizetti's Lucie 81 ('1'[ R.'\ IU I~Sl L, Timeless gems in historic recordings 83 t Pl ', ', \ [-I , ' ! \ ' \ I Naxos's educational sets examined 84 11\ n Stokowski, Richter and Rostropovich in action 88 IU 1'1 \Y Michelangeli, Glenn Gould and Rudolf Kempe 91 '1,\ 1--1 I I VI John Wan'ack reassesses recent song CDs 94 iIl','\( IU,\ r [ \1, ' :-, Feuermann, Barenboim and Hitler
DA'l/\-34Subscr iptions 11 8 Classifieds 124 New releases 136 Reviews index
AUDIO 98 News Palm-sized speakers; hi-fi for the hard of hearing 115 Feedback Your hi-fi questions answered 116 Audio clinic Our audio doctor pays a housecall 102 Review of the Year The outstanding equipment of 2002 106 Tests & Reports Musical Fidelity Tri-Visra 300
109 Sony SS-B2ED 111 Yamaha CDR-HD1300E 114 Tannoy ST50 115 Glossary Guidance for the Jess technologically minded
The man behind
Audio review for the best of 2002 , inside your hom e
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