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EDITOR’S CHOICE
The 12 most highly recommended recordings of the month
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FOR THE RECORD
The latest classical music news
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH 46 Mahler’s Tenth Symphony from Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra
ORCHESTRAL
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Joshua Bell and Steven Isserlis’s Brahms; Copland Vol 2 from John Wilson; a superb survey of Brett Dean’s music; Arabella Steinbacher’s selection of much-loved works for violin
CHAMBER
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The Parker Quartet’s compelling Mendelssohn; contemporary quartets surveyed; Julia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott unite in the studio
INSTRUMENTAL
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Kyung Wha Chung’s set of Bach’s Solo Sonatas and Partitas; vintage Grigory Sokolov; young pianist Pavel Kolesnikov’s stunning Chopin
VOCAL
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David Bednall’s powerful Stabat mater; Brahms Lieder live from Verbier; Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside journey with Schubert
REISSUES
Peter Quantrill sits down with his turntable to enjoy some of the latest offerings on vinyl
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OPERA
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Fiona Shaw directs Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia; a rare recording of Goldmark’s Die Königin von Saba; Franz Welser-Möst conducts Fidelio
REPLAY
Elgar in revelatory remasterings and the Végh Quartet in their magnificent prime
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BOOKS
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A biography of a modern luthier; the partnership of Pears and Britten as seen through their letters
GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION 128 Richard Osborne recommends the finest recordings of Beethoven’s mighty Eroica
NEW RELEASES
REVIEWS INDEX
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INTRODUCTION
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RECORDING OF THE YEAR 14 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 16 ARTIST OF THE YEAR 18 LABEL OF THE YEAR 20 YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR 23 SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT 24 THE CATEGORY WINNERS 27
THE MUSICIAN & THE SCORE 64 Conductor Edward Gardner explores the fascinating score of Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder
ICONS
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A singer who introduced millions to the world of opera as part of The Three Tenors: José Carreras
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS 92 The unmistakable simplicity of David Lang, one of the most popular of today’s composers
CLASSICS RECONSIDERED 124 Reflecting on Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle as recorded by Berry, Ludwig and Kertész in 1966
THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE 126 Geraint Lewis offers a guide to Haydn symphonies that are unfairly overlooked
MUSICAL CONNECTIONS 135 Hugo Shirley and James Jolly make their own musical journeys from the same starting point
PERFORMANCES & EVENTS 136 The best live music on radio and online
HIGH FIDELITY
How streaming changes the way we listen
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LETTERS & OBITUARIES 148 MY MUSIC 154 The presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute Nicholas Parsons on his passion for jazz
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