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Lyrita • In our latest guide to a classical record label, Tim Parry explores the driving force behind a British label with a focus on British composers
IN THE NEW EDITION OF OPERA NOW • Editor Hattie Butterworth introduces the Autumn issue of Gramophone’s sister title
Penitential Psalms • Fabrice Fitch reflects on Lassus’s intensely expressive psalm settings, combining polyphonic mastery with emotional immediacy, and recommends some listening
Capturing so much genius on film • James Jolly talks to the film-maker, stage director and writer Tony Palmer as he prepares to celebrate a major birthday, and about his newly published memoir
Letter of the Month • Getting reacquainted with Weber
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Touching history • Violinist María Dueñas, our Young Artist of the Year, chats with Charlotte Gardner about her latest album – a celebration of the artistry of a cherished idol, Jascha Heifetz
Fresh takes on Monteverdi • To mark the release of their creative new recordings of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine, David Vickers meets both Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and Lambert Colson of InAlto to talk about ideas and interpretations
Four decades of discovery • Celebrating Germany’s ‘Rarities of Piano Music’ festival, which for 40 years has made a virtue of exploring the repertoire’s lesserknown byways, Jeremy Nicholas meets its founder Peter Froundjian
Labour of love • What lies behind the impressive sound of newly remastered pure analogue vinyl pressings of iconic historic recordings? Martin Cullingford travels to Berlin to find out
RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Richard Bratby on a revelatory discovery, the premiere recording of Giordano’s first opera, which proves more than worthy of the fine voices assembled
Orchestral
CONCERTOS FROM THE NORTH • Andrew Mellor listens to a selection of concerto recordings from Scandinavia and the Baltic region
Beethoven’s Symphony No 5 • Italian conductor Enrico Onofri tells Nigel Simeone about his approach to this legendary work
Chamber
Neville Marriner • Edward Breen reflects on the legacy of a pioneering English conductor whose first-hand experience as an orchestral string player proved to be one of his greatest assets on the podium
Instrumental
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Ørjan Matre • Much of this prolific Norwegian composer’s output is characterised by duality – Andrew Mellor introduces just some of his music
Vocal
BACH’S LEIPZIG CANTATAS • Fabrice Fitch on a survey of Bach’s cantatas from his first year as...