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THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

Gramophone Magazine • Volume 99 Number 1204

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

Jakub Hrůša takes guest role in Rome

Free Bayreuth films from DG

Vote for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year

Celebrating Chopin’s genius

Alexander Gadjiev wins in Sydney

ONE TO WATCH • Sonoko Miriam Welde Violin

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Courante • Lindsay Kemp on the ‘running dance’ that was finally to make its way into the Baroque dance suite

Happy birthday Thibaudet!

Ólafsson’s ‘Mozart & Contemporaries’

Watch Max Reger film online

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

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Sean Shibe on his layered-top Michael Gee guitar

FROM WHERE I SIT • Shostakovich’s last symphony reveals so much yet still leaves us guessing, says Edward Seckerson

Modern TIMES • Igor Levit’s new album features two huge – and hugely significant – 20th-century works. Michelle Assay meets the pianist to explore their underlying meaning

Dancing master • With its life-affirming grace and wit, Malcolm Arnold’s music is, a century after the composer’s birth, finally breaking through the wall of snobbery and finding the respect it deserves, finds Richard Bratby

LISTENING TO MALCOLM ARNOLD: SIX RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS • Sample Arnold’s multifaceted genius in a wide range of genres from chamber and folk music to opera and film

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Rob Cowan is bowled over by a stunning album of 20th-century solo violin music showcasing Sueye Park’s musicality and versatility and BIS’s spectacular engineering

Orchestral

Sibeliu’s Tapiola • Richard Bratby joins the conductor Edward Gardner to discuss Sibelius’s atmospheric tone poem

Chamber

Lotte Lehmann • In awe of the German soprano’s vocal ability, Tully Potter writes of the range of roles she performed, the many opera stages she frequented and her excellent recorded legacy

Instrumental

Kirill Gerstein • The pianist discusses recording two Mozart duet sonatas, K497 and K521, with his mentor Ferenc Rados

NIGHT THOUGHTS • Patrick Rucker immerses himself in Chopin’s complete Nocturnes, with two contrasting recordings on modern and period pianos

Emily Howard • Richard Whitehouse is fascinated to see what this strikingly individual and enterprising British composer will do next

Vocal

WHAT NEXT? • Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? Our monthly feature suggests some musical journeys...