In the June issue of Gramophone, on sale from May 13, we interview the charismatic French pianist Alexandre Kantorow about his second instalment of Saint-Saëns piano concertos for the record label that believed in him from the start.

Plus, we celebrate a new Samuel Barber album containing the world-premiere recordings of several of his early songs, and talk to the multi-faceted artist Héloïse Werner about her debut solo album, ‘Phrases’.

In this month’s Collection, Andrew Mellor chooses his favourite recording of Bach’s early Cantata No 4, while – as always – the month′s classical releases are reviewed by our panel of expert critics, with the very finest being named Editor′s Choices.

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