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Paying appropriate tribute to Bernard Haitink • Founded in 1923 by Sir Compton Mackenzie and Christopher Stone as ‘an organ of candid opinion for the numerous possessors of gramophones’

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FOR THE RECORD • Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu wins Chopin Competition

Conductor Bernard Haitink dies, aged 92

Female singers to join St John’s

Still time to celebrate our Awards!

Ella van Poucke cellist

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Overture • Richard Wigmore explores its journey from opera intro to celebratory fanfare

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Juanjo Mosalini on his Alfred Arnold bandoneon

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra

Benjamin Appl signs to Alpha Classics

Nathalie Stutzmann joins Atlanta SO

Chandos signs Laura van der Heijden

FROM WHERE I SIT • Edward Seckerson offers his personal view on the phenomenon of performer substitutions

SOPRANO ON THE EDGE • For her first solo album in five years, Anna Netrebko looks death square in the face with arias by Wagner, Purcell, Strauss and others that have pushed her well and truly out of her comfort zone, she tells Mark Pullinger

NETREBKO RETROSPECTIVE • Five stand-out recordings from a prolific career

Sibling musings • For their first recording as a duo, the cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his pianist-sister Isata have embraced cello sonatas by Rachmaninov and Barber, plus arrangements of songs by both composers, they tell Jeremy Nicholas

Out of the shadows • Thanks to a number of artists championing her work, the pioneering African American composer Florence Price is finally achieving the recognition she deserves, writes Andrew Farach-Colton

RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Edward Seckerson welcomes the expert guidance of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadephia Orchestra in exploring two symphonies by Florence Price

Orchestral

Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonata No 2 • The violinist Jack Liebeck talks to Richard Bratby about the drama in this colourful work

The Tribute Series to: Erling Blöndal Bengtsson

Chamber

Willem Mengelberg • In the 150th-anniversary year of the Dutchman’s birth, Rob Cowan pays tribute to a conducting ‘icon of icons’ whose extensive recorded legacy remains inspirational

Instrumental

THE ART OF FUGUE • Peter Quantrill is full of admiration for two very different approaches to Bach’s late masterpiece

Dai Fujikura • Richard Whitehouse surveys the diverse, absorbing output of this sought-after figure who made his mark post-millennium

FUJIKURA ON DISC • Representing just a portion of the recorded riches

Vocal

talks to … Owain Park • The director of The Gesualdo Six discusses ‘Josquin’s Legacy’

A BAROQUE JOURNEY • David Vickers offers a round-up of recent releases of Italian and German Baroque sacred music, including some delightful discoveries

Josquin’s Missa Hercules dux Ferrarie (1503/4) • Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? Our monthly feature suggests some musical...