Contents – August 2010

‘Hear Richter turn Schubert’s Allegro into a manic Presto and find yourself caught up in a tornado-like swirl of events’ Newly issued archive performances of Schubert piano music by Sviatoslav Richter, reviewed by Bryce Morrison on page 74

Letters A plea for Butterworth; a technological clanger; the soundproof music writer

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editor’s choice Domingo with Lang Lang, Gergiev records Rachmaninov – the finest discs of the month

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For the record Carmen in 3D; Jurowski and Nézet-Séguin both commit to the London Philharmonic

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a conversation with… …conductor Thomas Dausgaard

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diary

Cellist Natalie Clein explores Kodály’s mindset

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richard eyre How pop can lead to a love of classical music

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phiLip kennicott The “Nimrod” problem – liking it too much

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recordings on triaL Arnold Whittall and Philip Clark place Philip

Glass’s Music in Twelve Parts in the dock

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biography oF an instrument The fascinating story of the world’s largest operational organ, the Wanamaker

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one to watch The fast-rising Italian soprano (and Riccardo

Muti favourite) Maria Luigia Borsi

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F e A t u R e S

saLute to abbado Claudio Abbado is one of the world’s most revered conductors. Interviews are rare, thus some of his most eminent colleagues

– including Maurizio Pollini, Jonas Kaufmann and Barbara Bonney – have joined

Gramophone in posing questions to the maestro at his home in Bologna

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the record coLLector John Steane on one of the finest collections he has ever seen and its remarkable owner

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writers in music Emily Dickinson has inspired many composers because, says Philip Clark, she wrote like one

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the coLLection Peter Dickinson searches for an ideal recording of Copland’s Third Symphony

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Abbado takes a bow for Gramophone

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e n C o R e musicaL journeys Students and experienced stars perform together in Bergen; alternative London music festivals; cello music in historic houses

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pick oF the musicaL month Richard Bonynge conducts La sonnambula in Sydney; classical music goes to the circus in Helsinki

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audio and visuaL All the latest from the High End Show in Munich; an elusive pair of loudspeakers

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Which recording of Copland’s Third Symphony receives the highest recommendation? 44

GRAMOPHONE august 2010