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Editor’s choice • Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews
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Danacord • In this month’s introduction to a classical record label, Tim Parry explores the distinctive catalogue and ethos of a boutique Danish label
Aldeburgh Festival marks Britten anniversary
Barbican to close for regeneration
Leeds Song online
Penthesilea • Tim Ashley offers a guide to a rarely heard symphonic poem by Hugo Wolf and recommends his favourite recording
Championing a great British composer • As the Elgar Society marks its 75th anniversary, James Jolly joins its guiding lights to learn about its history from its foundation in 1951 to its current ambitions
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The search for meaning • As pianist Piotr Anderszewski releases his new recording of late Brahms, he tells Hugo Shirley about what drew him to the composer’s music
A great year • British cellist Steven Isserlis tells Lindsay Kemp about the inspiration behind his new album centred on sonatas by Schumann and Moscheles
The dream of Yorkshire • Martyn Brabbins tells Andrew Mellor about recording Elgar with the Huddersfield Choral Society, and shares his thoughts on the essence of conducting
GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Jonathan Freeman-Attwood welcomes a revelatory album of previously unrecorded cantatas by Johann Ludwig Bach, much admired by his distant cousin Johann Sebastian
Orchestral
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Barber’s Violin Concerto • Stella Chen tells Richard Bratby about treating this quirky piece as chamber music
Chamber
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Eileen Joyce • Jeremy Nicholas looks at the glittering career of a glamorous Australian pianist, renowned for her virtuosity and stamina, whose humble beginnings were captured in a 1951 biopic
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Peter Fribbins • Richard Whitehouse surveys the output of this British composer known for the directness and dramatic qualities of his music
LISTEN TO FRIBBINS • A variety of works spanning his output since 1991
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ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS • Charlotte Gardner enjoys a varied diet of online performances
Opera
The complete Friedrich Gulda • Jed Distler is thrilled all over again by the Austrian pianist’s recordings
Chamber music Boston-style • Richard Whitehouse revisits recordings by the Boston SO’s associated chamber group
JAZZ, AND WORLD MUSIC REVIEWS • The Editors of Gramophone’s sister music magazines, Jazzwise, and Songlines recommend some of their...