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THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

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GRAMOPHONE Editor’s Choice • Handel’s operatic Easter oratorio gets a beautifully elegant reading from Harry Bicket, who leads an excellent English Concert and a superb all-British set of soloists in this truly wonderful recording.

FOR THE RECORD • British composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle has died

Bruno de Sá and Chineke! join majors

Alexander Chance Countertenor

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Farewell to pianist Radu Lupu

Pianist Nicholas Angelich has died at 51

Piano Quintet • David Threasher on the supreme pairing of piano and string quartet

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Simon Blendis on his 1704 Peter Guarnerius - once owned by Max Jaffa

Danish Chamber Orchestra • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra

FROM WHERE I SIT • Interpreting interpretation: the role of the critic is fraught with intrigue, says Edward Seckerson

JOURNEYS of exploration • As Alexandre Kantorow releases a second volume of Saint-Saëns piano concertos, Tim Parry meets a virtuoso on a compelling path of discovery

A life IN SONG • A new recording of Samuel Barber’s songs includes previously unheard early examples which help build a more complete picture of his creative trajectory, finds David Patrick Stearns

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS … • For her fascinating and thought-provoking first solo album, ‘Phrases’, the multifaceted musician Héloïse Werner invites us to explore the nature of language, discovers Martin Cullingford

RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Richard Wigmore applauds an outstanding recording of Handel’s sumptuous sacred oratorio La Resurrezione with an array of expert Handelians under the direction of Harry Bicket

Orchestral

Simon Callaghan • The pianist talks about his adventurous album of 20th-century British Piano Concertos

Vaughan Williams’s Ninth Symphony • Conductor Sir Mark Elder tells Richard Bratby how he got to grips with this puzzling work

Chamber

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Ignaz Friedman • Today’s pianists could potentially learn much from the unconventional interpretations of this Polish figure who tended to put himself before the composer, suggests Jeremy Nicholas

Instrumental

GRAMOPHONE PRESENTS MOZART • The most naturally gifted musician in history

Rodion Shchedrin • Richard Whitehouse champions the work of the Russian composer who turns 90 this year, mainly delving into his orchestral output

SHCHEDRIN ON RECORD • Representing a range of genres in which he worked

Vocal

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WHAT NEXT? • Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? Our monthly feature suggests some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some...