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GRAMOPHONE Celebration – but a sad commemoration too • 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 100 Number 1217

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

FOR THE RECORD

New Yellow Label guitarist

Krystian Zimerman awarded the Praemium Imperiale

Emerson Quartet’s final season

ONE TO WATCH

GRAMOPHONE Online • The magazine is just the beginning. Visit gramophone.co.uk for …

City Halls, Glasgow • Following extensive renovation, the home of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has become a cherished recording venue

New post for Matthew Halls

Isidore Quartet triumph at Banff

Wigmore winner announced

GRAMOPHONE talks to … Guido Gärtner • The Managing Director of Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings, on the label’s extraordinary first year

WHAT NEXT! • In our bite-size guide to further listening, Richard Bratby takes as his starting point Schubert’s joy-filled Octet for winds and strings – where will his musical journey lead?

GRAMOPHONE NEXT MONTH NOVEMBER 2022

CARTE BLANCHE • In another part of a free-ranging series, James Jolly meets the President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic, Deborah Borda, to hear about the city’s latest cultual renaissance

NOTES & LETTERS • Write to us at St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB or gramophone@markallengroup.com; email is preferable at this time

Letter of the Month

OBITUAR IES

A year of imagination and superb musicianship • Editor-in-Chief James Jolly introduces the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2022

Opera Award Winner 2022 • In the 125th anniverary year of his birth, a magnificently cast, imaginatively directed and superbly conducted performance of Korngold’s youthful opera

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT • Now about to turn 80, the Argentine-born Israeli musician is honoured as a true giant in the worlds of piano playing, conducting and recording

ARTIST OF THE YEAR • This Canadian artist’s extraordinary ability is about so much more than singing and conducting – often simultaneously

ORCHESTRA OF THE YEAR • Iván Fischer and his brilliant ensemble secured more than a third of the 24,218 votes cast, a tribute to their extraordinary level of music making

YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR • Only as old as the century, and although unassuming, this Swedish violinist has already made the musical world sit up and notice his remarkable playing

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT • The sense of a shared journey of exploration between Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra makes for a thrilling listen

SPATIAL AUDIO • The spectacular sound world created by conductor John Wilson and the Chandos production team makes for a vivid Ravel recording

LABEL OF THE YEAR • A commitment to the finest artists and the highest sound quality, the Colchester-based company is a shining beacon for the art of recording

CONCEPT ALBUM • Not only a very impressive debut recording...