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Thoughts from our founder – 80 years on • 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

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GRAMOPHONE Editor's choice • Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews

FOR THE RECORD

ONE TO WATCH

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GRAMOPHONE GUIDE TO … Gigue • Richard Wigmore on the dance that delighted Europe

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Alec Frank-Gemmill on the horn he borrowed from the Brain family

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

Unique Debussy recording project released on Naxos

FROM WHERE I SIT • It’s special to be equally at home in the West End and at Glyndebourne, says Edward Seckerson

Ushering in A NEW CHAPTER • As Paavo Järvi settles into his role as Chief Conductor of Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra, James Jolly talks Tchaikovsky and more with one of the busiest and most in-demand conductors of today

KEEPING TAVENER’S SPIRIT ALIVE • Cellist Steven Isserlis connected with composer Sir John Tavener on a spiritual, as well as musical, level. His new album celebrates their unique relationship, says Charlotte Gardner

Sounding out JOSQUIN • Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars have now recorded all 18 of Josquin’s Masses. With the early music world preparing to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the composer’s death, Phillips tells Ivan Moody why Josquin’s ‘got what it takes’

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Andrew Mellor finds strong allies in Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in making the case for Nielsen’s early symphonies as essential masterpieces

Orchestral

BRUCKNER SYMPHONIES FROM MUNICH • Peter Quantrill immerses himself in the latest instalments of Valery Gergiev’s Bruckner cycle with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and finds a series growing in stature

Bartók’s Piano Concerto No 3 • Andreas Haefliger talks to Harriet Smith about the challenges posed by this optimistic swansong

Chamber

STARS ALIGNED IN VERBIER • Harriet Smith hears some digital-only festival performances

DEFINING MOMENTS

Vittorio Gui • The founder of a handful of Italian orchestras, this conductor gave equal importance to his operatic and symphonic work and was himself a respected composer, says Tully Potter

THE ESSENTIAL RECORDING

Instrumental

Nicola LeFanu • Unassuming and somewhat academic in her approach, this British composer deserves to be noticed, says Hannah Nepilova

LEFANU FACTS

DISCOVER LEFANU ON DISC • Works large and small, spanning half a century of composing

Vocal

Anna Prohaska • The Austrian soprano discusses the circumstances and programming behind her latest album, ‘Redemption’

FROM CREMONA TO FLORENCE • David Vickers guides us through a selection of recent albums exploring some fascinating byways of Baroque vocal music

Mendelssohn’s Octet in E flat, Op 20 (1825) • Do you have a...