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REVIEWS Including Brahms piano concertos from Stephen Hough and Seta Tanye/ ( ro- 509), Sir Co/in Davis conducting Hindemith and Reger ( rf:r 514) and two recordings of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2, "Lobegesang" ( r;:r 518). Maxim Shostakovich conducts his father's Fifth Symphony in a recording made with the LSO ( ro- 540). Michael Oliver welcomes the Amadeus Quartet's celebrated recording ofBritten 's Second and Third Quartets back to the catalogue (~ 555). Dame loan Sutherland sings Adriana Lecouvreur (~ 600) and Eva Marton sings the title-role in Catalani's "La Wally' (n-600).

NEW RELEASES A listing ofnew Compact Discs, Cassettes and LPs appearing this month ( rD" 659).

INDEX TO REVIEWS

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A guide to the reviews appearing this month. CORRESPONDENCE

461

An alternative lIalian pairing on record, more on Beecham reissues and fUr/her thoughts on authenticity. NEWS & VIEWS 466 Inten'ielVs wilh Stephen Hough. Cheryl Studer, Barry Tuckwell . XueWei and Matthew Best. Lellers from France. Italy and the east and west coaSlS of America and a birlhday tribute 10 Joan Cross. NORTH AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE A3 An inlroduction to GRAMOPHONEfor our new NOr/h American readers (only in the North American edition ) . CONTEMPORARY RETROSPECT 489 Arnold Whillall discusses trends in post-war British music and considers recent recordings on contemporary music. IN CONCERT 492 Trevol' Pinnock, Music Director of The English Concert. talks 10 John Dual'le aboul repertoire and performing on period instruments. GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 494 We reveal the second round nominations for the 1990 GRAMOPHONE Awards alld invite readers to castlheir own votes . FATEFUL ENCOUNTER SO l Philip Langridge and Sir Charles Mackerras talk to EdlVard Seckerson about Janacek and "Osud". PARADISE AND THE PERR Y 504 Nicolas Soames celebrates the first ten years of one of Britain's most successful record companies, Hyperion, and talks to its founder director. Ted Perry .

REVIEWS

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Orchestral-507. Chamber-554. Instrumental-566. Choral & Song-585 . Opera-600. Classical Pops-6/5. Brass & Military617. Spoken Word-617. Historical-618. Collectors' Corner-627.

AUDIO

629

Chicago CES Report-629. Sounds ill Retrospect-633. New from Nakamichi-638. Three Sherwood Units-641. Denon DCP-/OO Portable Compact Disc Player-642. B&W Solid Loudspeaker-645. SallY TC-K950ES Cassel/e Deck-646. New Products-649.

HINDSIGHT

664

Alan Sanders looks through back issues ofGRAMOPHONE of60 , 40 and 20 years ago.

FRONTCOVER Trevor Pinnock, Music Director of The English Concert. is featured on the cover. We review his new recordings ofHaydll on pages 513 and 589 and he talks to John Duarte on page 492. (Photo: Martin Vallis)

NEXT MONTH Daniel Barenboim appears on Ihe Oclober cover. We review his new recordings of Mozar/'s "Cosifan tul/e" and Boulez's "Notations"; he . talks to Stephen Johnson and lVe profile his distinguished career at the keyboard and on the podium. Also next month. the results of the /990 GRAMOPHONE Awards and a collectors' guide to Beelhoven symphony sets.

The October 1990 issue will be published on Wednesday October 3rd.

September 1990