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Showing support for Ukraine and its music • 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 99 Number 1212

Editor’s choice

FOR THE RECORD • Early Music Television: online channel launches

DG and Verbier label: plans unveiled

MTT speaks out about diagnosis

Gergiev and Netrebko dropped

Celebrating RVW at 150

Jonathan Radford Saxophone

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GRAMOPHONE GUIDE TO … Etude • Tim Parry traces a form with didactic roots

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Annelien Van Wauwe on her customised Leitner & Kraus basset clarinet

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra

Willis-Sørensen signs to Sony

Portman to release Emma suite

Benedetti to head Edinburgh

FROM WHERE I SIT • Can films ever really capture the spirit of works like West Side Story, asks Edward Seckerson

RISE & SHINE • Still in his twenties, the Oslo Philharmonic’s Chief Conductor Klaus Mäkelä is remarkably clear-sighted about what he wants to achieve and how – even after lockdown required a different approach to recording his debut album of the Sibelius symphonies, writes Andrew Mellor

ARRESTING NEW RELEASES ON DELPHIAN

Nordic visions • The 21-year-old Swedish violinist Johan Dalene has returned to Sibelius and Nielsen for his new BIS recording, this time tackling the concertos?– and he’s taking it all in his stride, finds Charlotte Gardner

BUILDING A FIRM FOUNDATION • As VOCES8 prepares to open its latest online festival, Martin Cullingford meets the-two-brothers behind one of choral music’s most entrepreneurial ensembles

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Jonathan Freeman-Attwood applauds one of the most vocally accomplished St Matthew Passions on record courtesy of Raphaël Pichon’s prime musicians and glowing dramatic conviction

Orchestral

GRAMOPHONE Focus KLAUS MÄKELÄ’S SIBELIUS • Edward Seckerson applauds a fine Sibelius symphony cycle from a young Finnish conductor and the Oslo Philharmonic

Vivaldi’s L’estro armonico • Rinaldo Alessandrini talks to Lindsay Kemp about his approach to this vibrant set of concertos

Chamber

Glenn Gould • As we approach both 40 years since his death and 90 years since his birth, this truly extraordinary pianist who left a brilliant recorded legacy is profiled by Stephen Cera

Instrumental

GRAMOPHONE Focus HAYDN PIANO SONATAS • Harriet Smith listens to the latest volumes in two surveys of Haydn’s piano sonatas, one approaching its triumphant conclusion

Adolphus Hailstork • This American composer’s music reflects a wide breadth of influences and personal passions, as Jonathan Shipley reveals

Vocal

Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, Op 4 (1899) • Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? Our monthly feature suggests some musical journeys that venture beyond the most...