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A MAESTRO REMEMBERED

1933 -2014 ABBADOCLAUDIO

Our special six-page tribute to the great Italian conductor

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Elgar’s anguish Michael Kennedy uncovers the darker side of an English icon

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Neville Marriner We meet the conducting legend as he celebrates his 90th birthday

The power of Russia Martin Sixsmith on music and the Soviet propaganda machine