PAULINE VIARDOT SIBELIUS’S SYMPHONY NO. 7

The dazzling singer who beguiled Europe

We name the finest recordings of the Finn’s final masterpiece

The world’s best-selling classical music magazine

The world’s best selling classical music magazine

Whowas

the real Mozart?

Why we need to dispel the myths surrounding

the great composer

Richard Morrison London’s new orchestral dawn Sturm und Drang Music to stir the emotions Nigel Hess The composer’s musical loves

Full March listings inside

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Anatoly Lyadov Russia’s laziest composer?

The lure of London The history of a musical city

Pekka Kuusisto The folk-loving virtuoso

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