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The different ways in which to make a record • 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 102 Number 1251

Editor’s choice

FOR THE RECORD • Michael Tilson Thomas announces final concerts

ONE TO WATCH

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Ricercar • In the latest guide to a classical record label, Tim Parry considers a Belgian company with a strong sense of identity

IN THE NEW EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL PIANO • Editor Tim Parry introduces the Spring issue of Gramophone’s sister title devoted to the piano

Donald Greig • The Orlando Consort’s baritone on the group’s final release, and the end too of a superb series of the music of 14th-century composer Machaut

MICHAEL HAYDN (1737-1806) Requiem in C minor • In our latest introduction to the history and recordings of a less familiar work, David Threasher explores a choral gem that remains off many people’s radar

CARTE BLANCHE • With Amsterdam’s Mahler Festival 2025 coming up, James Jolly reports from the Concertgebouw, and finds out about the city’s long association with the composer

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

OBITUARIES

NEXT MONTH MAY 2025

A TENOR FOR OUR TIMES • Midway through a week recording Tosca in Rome for DG, Jonathan Tetelman takes time out to tell Martin Cullingford about the experience, his past, his plans – and why recordings are so important

Setting sail into Verdi Opera Rara and the 1857 Simon Boccanegra • Mark Pullinger meets Opera Rara’s Henry Little and Roger Parker to discover why they’ve studio-recorded a rare version of the Verdi, and hears from two of the young singers involved

Centuries of sound on DELPHIAN

MAKING STARS the Van Cliburn way • As preparations are made for the much-anticipated 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, who will follow in the footsteps of Yunchan Lim and others in launching a triumphant career at this great competition?

RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Mark Pullinger enjoys a major new recording of Puccini’s masterpiece, made in Rome, where the opera is set, and featuring the finest cast of the digital era

Orchestral

Bach’s Mass in B minor • Raphaël Pichon shares with Mark Seow his vision of a work both shocking and beautiful

Chamber

Lionel Tertis • Tully Potter celebrates the Englishman who helped raise the status of the viola in both solo and group settings, and gave life to significant new repertoire for the instrument

Instrumental

Ole Buck • Andrew Mellor directs our attention towards one of Scandinavia’s most stringent and spiritual minimalists

BUCK’S MUSIC ON RECORD • Meditative works written since his move to rural Lolland

Vocal

ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS • Charlotte Gardner explores a range of web-based concerts

Opera

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