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EDITOR’S CHOICE
The 12 most highly recommended recordings of the month
FOR THE RECORD
The latest classical music news
RECORDING OF THE MONTH Yevgeny Sudbin’s superb Scarlatti recording marks an impressive decade since his debut disc on BIS
ORCHESTRAL
A second Anderson disc from the LPO; Zukerman returns to The Lark Ascending; Lyrita celebrates British composers; vibrant Weber overtures
CHAMBER
Recent recordings of Marin Marais’s music; the Engegård Quartet impress in Grieg, Sibelius and Thommessen; two recordings focus on Frey
INSTRUMENTAL
Personal Bach from Freire; Martynov wraps up his Beethoven/Liszt cycle; the complete solo piano music of Boulez; Rondeau in Rameau and Royer
VOCAL
Atmospheric Estonian choral music by Grigorjeva; Mendelssohn’s Handel reconstruction reconstructed; Howells from Trinity and Layton
REISSUES
Rob Cowan enjoys two boxes celebrating the Menuhin centenary; exploring the Decca, Dutoit and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal legacy
OPERA
Enjoyable Balfe from Bonynge; a fascinating Opera Rara project, Donizetti’s original Le Duc d’Albe; Honegger and Ibert’s L’Aiglon revived
REPLAY
Melo Classic celebrate the 100th anniversary of pianist Monique de la Bruchollerie with a box-set
BOOKS
Novelist Julian Barnes reflects on Shostakovich; an appraisal of conductor Fritz Steinbach’s legacy
GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION Verdi’s late masterpiece Otello has inspired a rich history of recordings, finds Richard Lawrence
NEW RELEASES
REVIEWS INDEX
YEHUDI MENUHIN
Tully Potter takes a look at Yehudi Menuhin’s legacy in the great violinist’s centenary year
ORCHESTRAL SHAKESPEARE Composers in the Romantic era found deep inspiration and high drama in the Bard’s plays
JOHN WILLIAMS
Martin Cullingford meets the guitarist as a major retrospective box-set celebrates his 75th birthday
YEVGENY SUDBIN
Ten years into a prolific recording relationship with BIS, the Russian pianist returns to Scarlatti
SUMMER FESTIVALS GUIDE Gramophone’s go-to guide for the best classical music and opera festivals worldwide in 2016
THE MUSICIAN & THE SCORE Paul Lewis and Harriet Smith get behind the notes of Brahms’s First Piano Concerto
ICONS
Gennady Rozhdestvensky – champion of new and unusual repertoire, by Peter Quantrill
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS Tan Dun, from the concert hall to Hollywood
CLASSICS RECONSIDERED Wunderlich’s Dichterliebe from 1965 on DG
THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE Ten of the best British piano concertos
PLAYLISTS
Scarlatti through the years; flowers and music
PERFORMANCES & EVENTS The best classical music concerts worldwide
HIGH FIDELITY
Reviews of the Arcam A29 and Naim Mu-so QB
LETTERS & OBITUARIES MY MUSIC Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Kamasi Washington shares his passion for Stravinsky
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