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Volume 96 Number 1165
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EDITOR’S CHOICE
The 12 most highly recommended recordings reviewed in this issue
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH 50 Antonio Pappano, with a superb array of musicians including pianist Beatrice Rana, presents Bernstein’s three symphonies
ORCHESTRAL
Bruckner’s mighty Eighth Symphony from Rattle and Jansons; Tilson Thomas’s Tchaikovsky; the Golden Age with Ray Chen
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CHAMBER
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The Casals Quartet’s Beethoven; Robin Holloway Trios; a debut from trombonist Peter Moore
INSTRUMENTAL
80
Carlo Grante plays Busoni; Paganini’s Caprices from Roman Simovic; a Debussy round-up
VOCAL
92
Choral music by Julian Anderson; a celebration of the Virgin Mary with the Binchois Consort
OPERA
Mason Bates’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs; La clemenza di Tito from Glyndebourne
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JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC
113
Reviews from our sister titles Jazzwise and Songlines
REISSUES
Karl Richter’s pioneering Bach legacy; a trio of classic Gilbert & Sullivan recordings
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BOX-SET ROUND-UP
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REPLAY
Gems from Gielen, Stokowski and Monteux
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CLASSICS RECONSIDERED 120 Two critics revisit Karajan’s 1968 DG recording of Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony with fresh ears
BOOKS
122
Vaughan Williams remembered by those who met him; wise reflections from Susan Tomes
GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION 124 Rob Cowan guides us through the extensive recorded history of Debussy’s La mer – from 1932 to 2018 – and makes his top choice
REVIEWS INDEX
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FOR THE RECORD
All the latest classical music news, and more
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MULLOVA PERFORMS PÄRT 16 Viktoria Mullova has had to reach deep inside herself to record this music, finds Andrew Mellor, even if, on the outside, her trademark virtuosity and Pärt’s quiet spirituality seem odd bedfellows
VAN ZWEDEN BRAVES NY PHIL 22 The Dutch conductor is ready to take up the reins at Bernstein’s old stomping ground, finds Neil Fisher when he meets him in Hong Kong for the final instalment of his Ring cycle for Naxos
REVEALING OUR MUSICAL PAST 28 As the partnership between Delphian and the European Music Archaeology Project draws to a close, Hannah Nepil speaks to those involved about the unique instruments unearthed in the process
AWARDS SHORTLIST REVEALED 32 Discover the top three recordings in each category
SEASON PREVIEW 2018-19 34 Our indispensable guide to the musical year ahead
THE MUSICIAN AND SCORE 68 Urba´nski on his ‘insane’ view of Shostakovich 5
ICONS
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Jed Distler on the brilliant pianist William Kapell
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS 90 Celebrating ‘quiet revolutionary’ Roxanna Panufnik
WHAT NEXT?
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A diverse aural journey prompted by Sheherazade
PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS 130 HIGH FIDELITY 133 NOTES, LETTERS & OBITS 140 NEW RELEASES 142 MY MUSIC 146 British poet and writer Fiona Sampson on the infinite connections between music and poetry
4 GRAMOPHONE SEPTEMBER 2018
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