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A new year, a new set of anniversaries to enjoy • Founded in 1923 by Sir Compton Mackenzie and Christopher Stone as ‘an organ of candid opinion for the numerous possessors of gramophones’

Gramophone Magazine • Volume 102 Number 1248

GRAMOPHONE Editor’s Choice • Countertenor Carlo Vistoli brings expressive poignancy to Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus and Stabat mater, matched in interpretative elegance by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.

FOR THE RECORD

ONE TO WATCH • Hans Christian Aavik violin

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GUIDE TO RECORD LABELS BMOP/sound • In this month’s introduction to a classical record label, Tim Parry celebrates a company that promotes neglected orchestral music

IN THE NEW EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL PIANO • Editor Tim Parry introduces the Winter issue of Gramophone’s sister title devoted to the piano

Víkingur Ólafsson • The pianist on reaching a billion streams, and John Adams’s new concerto

In search of a string quartet sound • How do a string quartet pursue their dream of the ideal ensemble sound? James Jolly caught up with the Carducci Quartet to learn about how they went about it.

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‘In the wondrous month of May’ • Richard Wigmore explores the music of and biography behind Robert Schumann’s miraculous year of song, 1840

THE YEAR OF SONG ON RECORD • Lose yourself in Schumann’s vocal sound world of 1840

JANUARY & FEBRUARY ON DELPHIAN

Poetry of the SEASONS • Violinist Daniel Pioro and poet Sir Michael Morpurgo tell Mark Seow about their highly personal and deeply felt joint exploration of Vivaldi’s masterpiece

East meets West • Edward Breen visits the Swiss countryside to witness a recording session of Polish medieval music from the Krasiński Codex, and hears from those who have helped facilitate the project

Stephen Emmer’s new masterpiece • An epic album about overcoming a personal crisis

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Edward Breen welcomes a passionate and engaging account of Vivaldi sacred cantatas from Carlo Vistoli, a superstar countertenor in the making

Orchestral

Beethoven’s Missa solemnis • Conductor Jérémie Rhorer talks to David Patrick Stearns about this challenging masterpiece

Chamber

Instrumental

John Shirley-Quirk • Michael McManus celebrates a 20th-century bass-baritone of choice who worked with Britten, creating many of his operatic roles, and made important recordings for Tippett

Vocal

Rebecca Dale • Hattie Butterworth explores the output of a young composer whose style has both admirers and detractors

Masters of ceremony • Peter Quantrill explores a range of web-based documentaries and concerts

Opera

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JAZZ, WORLD MUSIC AND MUSICALS REVIEWS • The Editors of Gramophone’s sister music magazines, Jazzwise, Songlines and Musicals, recommend some of their favourite recordings from the...