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Key to symbols CD New CD Rei ss ue (re issues a re also listed in comparisons as R; when a date appea rs as, say, 7/56 R it means the recording was first reviewed in July 1956 but has since been reissued under the listed number. tho ugh not re-reviewed ) CD H istoric o Video

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Reviews 4 Index to reviews 54 Orchestral 80 Chamber 88 Instrumental 94 Choral and song 114 Opera 122 Collectors' corner 128 Stage and screen

Features 14 Stephen Hough

The re c ip ie nt o f las t year's Record o f the Year, Stephen Hou gh has relea sed a ty pi ca ll y eclec t ic trio of di scs thi s mo nth : a collec ti o n of pi a l10 music by Fed er ico M om po u a\1d co ncertos by M e nde lssohn a nd L owe ll Lieberm a nn Fron! cover phOIO Gr(1lnophonelSayer

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Gramophone Awards 97 We reve a l the si x d iscs in each category that will be the no minati o ns fo r the 1997 Gramophone Award s s ponso red by Brit a nnia M us ic Club

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Brahms In the la st of o ur three-pa rt s urv ey examinin g the mu sic of Bra hms, ~Y1i chac l Quinn expJores t he voca l works with sin ge rs Barba ra Bo nney a nd Jose van D a m , a nd conducto rs M a rcus Creed and Richard Hi c kox as we ll as th e pianist Gra ham J o hnson