Schubert's Winterreise still has the power to shock and move us today. In the January 2015 issue, Richard Wigmore talks to some of today’s leading performers of the song cycle - including Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore, Brigitte Fassbaender, Gerald Finley, Christoph Prégardien and Jonas Kaufmann – to explore the power this masterpiece continues to have on today’s audiences. Also in the January issue:

● Michael Tilson Thomas speaks to Richard S Ginell about his two decades with the San Francisco Symphony and his ambitious plans for the future

● The New York Philharmonic’s Music Director, Alan Gilbert, talks to Andrew Mellor about the fascinating score to Nielsen’s Fifth Symphony

● David Patrick Stearns looks back at the remarkable career of American soprano Leontyne Price, one of the great Verdi singers of the 20th century 

● Beecham's classic recording of Puccini's La bohème from 1956 is reconsidered by Mike Ashman and David Patrick Stearns

● James McCarthy looks at the breakthrough works of one of the most popular and frequently performed composers of our time: John Adams

● Gramophone Collection: David Gutman recommends the most exceptional recordings of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2

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