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THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
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GRAMOPHONE Editor's choice • Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews
FOR THE RECORD • The Polish-born violinist Ida Haendel has died
GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2020 Orchestra of the Year
Samuel Mariño Male soprano
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ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Martin Fröst on his Buffet Crampon ‘Légende’ boxwood clarinet in A
Keep calm and carry on recording!
GRAMOPHONE GUIDE TO … Sarabande • Lindsay Kemp on this lively yet noble dance
BBC Symphony Orchestra • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra
FROM WHERE I SIT • The middle-movement ordering of Mahler’s Sixth is obvious if you look for the clues, Edward Seckerson
HOUSE MUSIC • Where has the growth of concert and operas online led us to – and where will it lead us next? Martin Cullingford introduces our section exploring the topic, and identifies some key themes
WHY BERLIN? • When lockdown silenced the musical world, one city harnessed its creative energy to make the music play again – online, as James Jolly reports
CURTAIN UP, CAMERAS ON! • Bringing a concert or an opera to the screen is a complex process but, says Sarah Kirkup, the best video directors can produce an experience to rival the thrills found in any hall or theatre
Boost your sound to bring the concert hall home • With the boom in online concerts, recitals and theatre, TVs and computers are assuming increasing importance. But does your sound match the vision? Andrew Everard offers advice
Improve your TV sound
DACs for a computer
Touching the DIVINE • He may have been less adventurous than Brahms but Bruch had a remarkable ear for melody, and in his late works he captured a profound level of expression, writes Andrew Mellor as we approach the centenary of the composer’s death
MUST-HEAR BRUCH • Several works spanning the spectrum of his output
RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Tim Ashley welcomes a triumphant recording from Gianandrea Noseda, a seasoned champion of Dallapiccola’s music, of this composer’s most important opera
KEY TO SYMBOLS
Orchestral
Collector GLORIOUS RICHES FROM JAPAN • Christian Hoskins welcomes the widespread availability of some high-class playing from the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi
Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte • Tenor Ian Bostridge shares his thoughts on this seminal song-cycle with David Patrick Stearns
Chamber
DEFINING MOMENTS
Youri Egorov • Tim Parry recalls the short but eventful life of a Russian pianist who was perhaps his own worst enemy, yet whose legacy includes a handful of timeless recordings
THE ESSENTIAL RECORDING
Instrumental
Mari Kodama • The pianist follows her earlier Beethoven discs with an unusual album of transcriptions, including first recordings of arrangements by Saint-Saëns and Mussorgsky
Hildur Guðnadóttir • James McCarthy profiles the experimental Icelandic...