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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 I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth’s glorious reconstruction of an alternative Monteverdi Vespers
ORCHESTRAL
Emil Jonason plays Lindberg and Golijov; Mozart from Simone Dinnerstein; Richard Strauss from Aldeburgh; Anthony Marwood’s Walton
CHAMBER
Arensky piano trios; Delius and Elgar from the Villiers Quartet; Keleman and Kocsis play Kreisler
INSTRUMENTAL
A Liszt recital from Dejan Lazi´c; vintage Rachmaninov; Elisabeth Plank’s debut harp disc; a Russian showcase from Alexandre Kantorow
VOCAL
Dvo∑ák from Antoni Wit; mélodies by Fernand de La Tombelle; Swann songs; Sophie Bevan’s collaboration with Ian Page and The Mozartists
REISSUES
Erato’s 65-disc celebration of the artistry of André Cluytens
OPERA
Graun arias from Julia Lezhneva; Mayr’s Telemaco; the Hallé’s Parsifal with Sir Mark Elder
JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC
Reviews from our sister titles Jazzwise and Songlines
REPLAY
An epic Russian anthology; Schuricht on Decca
BOOKS
Reflections of harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick; a Van Cliburn double bill
GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION David Vickers marks the Telemann anniversary by surveying the recordings of his Musique de table
NEW RELEASES
REVIEWS INDEX
KARAJAN’S RING CYCLE Fifty years since Karajan recorded Wagner’s Ring cycle for DG, Hugo Shirley revisits the groundbreaking project: what does it tell us about Karajan’s approach to both the music and to the art of recording itself?
HERBERT BLOMSTEDT
As the acclaimed conductor turns 90, Philip Clark meets him in Leipzig to talk about Beethoven and to look back over his extraordinary career
VÉRONIQUE GENS
The French soprano talks to Richard Lawrence about her new Alpha recording which celebrates women in 19th-century opera and oratorio
THE MUSICIAN & THE SCORE Alice Coote explores Mahler’s beautiful and intense Rückert-Lieder song-cycle with James Jolly
ICONS
A tribute to Sir Malcolm Sargent, the British conductor, to mark half a century since his death
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS Arnold Whittall profiles Howard Skempton and recommends some fascinating listening
MUSICAL CONNECTIONS Two Karajan-inspired listening journeys
CLASSICS RECONSIDERED Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Award-winning 1991 Beethoven Missa solemnis goes under the spotlight
THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE Concertos arranged for piano and orchestra
PERFORMANCES & EVENTS The best live music on radio and online
HIGH FIDELITY
A one-box audio solution, and a network system from a new name to the UK
LETTERS & OBITUARIES Remembering conductor Ji∑í B∆lohlávek
MY MUSIC
Broadcaster Jon Snow on his musical passions
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