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EDITOR’S CHOICE
The 12 most highly recommended recordings of the month
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FOR THE RECORD
The latest classical music news
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH 34 A double album of Liszt studies from our new Artist of the Year, pianist Daniil Trifonov
ORCHESTRAL
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A perfect introduction to Peter Maxwell Davies; outstanding Mendelssohn from Sir John Eliot Gardiner; a focus on recent Berlioz recordings; Alexandre Tharaud shines in Rachmaninov
CHAMBER
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Rachel Podger’s Art of Fugue; Itzhak Perlman and Martha Argerich join up for duos; Brahms from the Belcea Quartet; fin-de-siècle France
INSTRUMENTAL
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Mahan Esfahani records the Goldberg Variations; two takes on Beethoven’s Hammerklavier; DG issues a vintage Emil Gilels recital from 1964
VOCAL
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More fine Bach from Masaaki Suzuki; a survey of early-20th-century English choral music discs; Edward Gardner offers an impressive Gurrelieder
REISSUES
David Threasher gets to grips with Decca’s monumental 200-CD Mozart box-set
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OPERA
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Mozart’s Zaide from Ian Page’s Classical Opera; an enjoyable DVD of Rameau’s Dardanus; Christina Pluhar explores the Orpheus legend
REPLAY
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Conductor Georg Solti across the decades, plus a fine tribute to violinist Christian Ferras
BOOKS
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An examination of the impact of El Sistema; advice to musicians from Schumann via Steven Isserlis
GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION 110 Richard Wigmore recommends the recordings of Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn to own
NEW RELEASES
REVIEWS INDEX
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THE MODERN MOZART 10 225 years after the composer’s death, we discuss how our approach to his music is ever-evolving
REICH MEETS JÄRVI
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As Steve Reich turns 80, he joins Kristjan Järvi in the studio to record a celebratory album for Sony
RACHEL PODGER
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The violinist talks about her new recording of Bach’s The Art of Fugue, its wit, humanity and fun
EVENT STREAMING
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Our guide to the exciting world of live streaming from concert halls and opera houses worldwide
THE MUSICIAN & THE SCORE 52 Conductor Semyon Bychkov discusses Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony
ICONS
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Igor Markevitch, a composer who went on to be much better known as an inspirational conductor
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS 78 Sally Beamish and her creative spirit is the subject of this month’s modern composer focus
MUSICAL CONNECTIONS 101 Andrew Achenbach and James Jolly take Vaughan Williams as a starting point for a musical journey
CLASSICS RECONSIDERED 106 Giulini’s 1971 recording of Verdi’s Don Carlo has always been hailed a classic – but is that right?
THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE 108 Andrew Farach-Colton sings the praises of some much-underrated American string quartets
PERFORMANCES & EVENTS 116 The best live music on radio and online
HIGH FIDELITY
The latest developments in audio equipment
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LETTERS & OBITUARIES 128 MY MUSIC 138 David Bintley, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Director, on the joy of working with composers
4 GRAMOPHONE OCTOBER 2016
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