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EDITOR’S CHOICE
The 12 most highly recommended recordings of the month
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH 50 Mariss Jansons and his Bavarian Radio forces give inspiring and richly detailed accounts of Rachmaninov’s The Bells and Symphonic Dances
ORCHESTRAL
Bartók violin concertos from Renaud Capuçon; Rattle’s Haydn Journey; a soundtrack to Howards End; Yevgeny Sudbin plays Rachmaninov
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CHAMBER
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Brahms sonatas from Tasmin Little; the Doric Quartet’s Haydn; a round-up of piano trio discs
INSTRUMENTAL
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Joseph Kelemen’s monumental Bach; Pavel Kolesnikov plays Couperin; Tiempo’s ‘Legacy’
VOCAL
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William Christie records Bach’s B minor Mass; Benjamin Appl sings Brahms; Gounod cantatas and sacred works; Sophie Bevan at Wigmore Hall
OPERA
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Porpora’s Germanico in Germania; a Rossini rarity; a pair of star-attraction Verdi albums
JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC
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Reviews from our sister titles Jazzwise and Songlines
REISSUES
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‘Complete’ Debussy on DG and Warner Classics; a tribute to Christa Ludwig; André Tchaikowsky
BOX-SET ROUND-UP
REPLAY
Bruckner boxes; Kurt Sanderling Edition
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CLASSICS RECONSIDERED 126 Two of our reviewers put Carlos Kleiber’s Beethoven Symphony No 7 under the spotlight
BOOKS
Beethoven and the cello; a detailed study of Liszt’s symphonic poems
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GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION 130 Richard Wigmore surveys the recorded history of Handel’s Saul and recommends a top version
REVIEWS INDEX
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FOR THE RECORD
The latest classical music news
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TICCIATI ON BRAHMS
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Robin Ticciati discusses recording Brahms symphonies with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and his new position at the DSO in Berlin
HAYDN AND BEYOND
As Paul Lewis embarks on a project to record Haydn’s piano sonatas, he discusses repertoire past and present
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FESTIVAL GUIDE 2018
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Everything you need to know about festivals large and small to plan your summer concert-going
THE MUSICIAN & THE SCORE 68 Pierre-Laurent Aimard discusses the unique challenges posed by Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux
ICONS
A look at the tragically short career of the magnificent French violinist Ginette Neveu
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CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS 92 Richard Whitehouse explores the music of the influential German composer York Höller
MUSICAL CONNECTIONS 101 James Jolly offers a listening list of Debussyinspired composers, then sets out to sea with British works inspired by the waves
THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE 106 Ten ballet scores compiled from earlier music
PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS 136 Live music listings, plus reviews of Jonathan Harvey’s Bhakti and a rare Gluck performance
HIGH FIDELITY
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Our monthly offering of audio news and reviews
NOTES & LETTERS
NEW RELEASES
MY MUSIC
Dancer Akram Khan’s musical choices
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4 GRAMOPHONE APRIL 2018
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