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Celebrating great artists – past and present • Founded in 1923 by Sir Compton Mackenzie and Christopher Stone as ‘an organ of candid opinion for the numerous possessors of gramophones’

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

Gramophone Magazine • Volume 101 Number 1239

GRAMOPHONE Editor’s choice • This album of Chopin Études from our cover artist, pianist Yunchan Lim, is a compelling triumph – a truly momentous studio debut from an extraordinary talent.

FOR THE RECORD • Chicago Symphony appoints Klaus Mäkelä

ONE TO WATCH

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BIS Records • In this month’s introduction to a leading classical record label, Tim Parry explores the history of a much-loved Swedish company

WHAT NEXT? • Composed in 1891 and one of the greatest works in the genre, Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet inspires a wideranging listening journey from Mark Pullinger

Jeremy Dibble • One of our writers on his personal connection to the music of Stanford

IN THIS MONTH’S INTERNATIONAL PIANO • Editor Tim Parry introduces the latest issue of Gramophone’s sister title devoted to the piano

Maurizio Pollini 1942-2024 • Harriet Smith pays tribute to one of the greatest pianists of the second half of the 20th century, who championed both the Austro-German classics and modern music from Nono to Stockhausen

CARTE BLANCHE • As Sir Simon Rattle conducts his last LSO concert this season, having passed the baton to Sir Antonio Pappano, James Jolly reflects on this great conductor’s vital musical role

NOTES & LETTERS • Write to us at St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB or gramophone@markallengroup.com; email is preferable at this time

Letter of the Month

OBITUARIES

GRAMOPHONE NEXT MONTH JUNE 2024

Living for MUSIC • Yunchan Lim shot to prominence when he won the Van Cliburn competition at the age of 18. Now 20 and attempting to remain detached from his superstar status, he releases his eagerly anticipated debut album for Decca. Jeremy Nicholas meets him

A vision of heaven • As Paul McCreesh releases a recording of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, he tells Martin Cullingford about the power that music has to transform and enrich lives

GRAMOPHONE Festival GUIDE 2024 • Covering the UK, Europe, the US and beyond, our annual guide has something for everyone – concerts, operas, multi-arts events and more

Chopin in Context • The 20th Chopin And His Europe festival will underline the composer’s place at the heart of the continent’s musical identity

EUROPE FESTIVALS

NORTH AMERICA & BEYOND

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • David Fanning welcomes the first studio recording from Yuncham Lim, a competiton winner whose distinctive voice shines through in Chopin’s most virtuosic music

Orchestral

PAAVO JÄRVI’S MENDELSSOHN • Richard Wigmore greets the prolific Estonian conductor’s foray into Mendelssohn’s symphonies with his Zurich-based orchestra

Mozart’s Symphony No 35, ‘Haffner’ • Michael Collins reminisces with Lindsay Kemp about recording this joyous music

Chamber

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