Contents GRAMOPHONE LETTERS Stanford and the slave trade 6 REVIEWS EDITOR'S CHOICE 8 ORCHESTRAL 62 The best new recordings of the month SOUNDB ITES FOR THE RECORD Simon Rattle explores The Pktnets; MacMillan's Scottish beasts; Danish monsters from Marthinsen FILM MUSIC 75 12 Jack's back .. .oh, and Superman too Lyrita catalogue resurrected; new recording regulations for US orchestras ENCOUNTERS Lars Vogt: connecting to the Russian soul INTERVIEW 16 17 Jos van Irrunerseel on his Ravel project DIARY: JOSHUA BELL 19 The American violinist on the jetsetting li festyle and his hectic summer season ONE TO WATCH Violinist Ruth Palmer HARRIET SMITH 21 25 The LSO's new venture: marketing the classics for children CHAMBER 76 Argerich and Schwarzberg are first-rate INSTRUMENTAL 80 Brilliant Debussy from Steven Osborne VOCAL 90 DiDonato live at the WIgmore Hall OPERA 98 A fresh recording of Rossini's Barbiere MUSICAL THEATRE 105 Pay a visit to LingoLand and Avenue Q DVD 106 Amsterdam's roundly recommended Ring REPLAY 112 A welcome set from a Dutch master PHILIP KENNICOTT 26 BOOKS 117 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: a voice that will echo through time THAT STRAIN AGAIN 28 Daniel Barenboim and Benjamin Britten on modem muzak THE GRAMOPHONE DEBATE 30 Do competitions stifle artistic growth? TAKING NOTE 33 What the world's music press is writing USA (North American edition only) A 1 How to stop worrying and love the music SOUNDWAVES TUNE SURFING 118 James Jolly discovers bargain Schwarzkopf TV AND RADIO 121 Can Radio 3 withstand the competition? MUSICAL JOURNEYS Leon Botstein: multi-tasker extraordinaire SEEN AND HEARD 123 ARMANDO IANNUCCI A symphony in seven paragraphs BLOGWATCH 35 Dartington's idyllic Summer School LIVE MUSIC 127 36 The best events from around the world Deborah Voigt and the "little black dress": her publicist, Albert Imperato, has HIG H-FIDELITY the inside story FEATURES - COVER STORY Tributes to Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, plus a classic interview FEATURE The period instruments fallout THE COLLECTION Rachmaninov's First Symphony tOVER: OFOTO FAYER, VIENNA, EMI CONTENT'S: FROM TOP; E..\-IJ, DK L\-lAGES, LEBRECHT AUDIO AND VISUAL 128 Digital v analogue: quantity v quality FINALE 38 MY MUSIC Author Alexander McCall Smith 48 SUBSCRIPTIONS ClASSIFIEDS 54 NEW RElEASES REVIEWS INDEX o recycle 146 52 136 140 142 When )'00U no.... frm,h.d wit+, thu mcganne plea... rec)'cH 38Prima donna: Patrick O'Connor leads tributes to the late Elisabeth Schwankopf 48 How period performance styles link past, present and future Barenboim can't stand the muzak - but neither could Britten 134 The Gramophone collection : Rachmaninov's First Symphony Tannoy's blast from the past www.gramophone.co.uk GRAMOPHONE OCTOBER 2006 3