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Martin Cullingford
Monday, July 15, 2024

Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the August issue of Gramophone, featuring interviews with Joana Mallwitz and Leonard Slatkin

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Introducing the August 2024 issue of Gramophone: featuring Joana Mallwitz

Joana Mallwitz: the conductor on recording Kurt Weill symphonies in Berlin | Charles Ives: the...

Meeting Joana Mallwitz: ‘It’s funny: people don’t know what they’re missing if they’ve not heard Kurt Weill’s symphonies’

As her recording of Kurt Weill symphonies, her first album for DG, is about to be released,...

Leonard Slatkin interview: ‘I’m leaving it to the younger generation to figure out what’s important’

He’s turning 80 with at least 220 premieres to look back on, but Leonard Slatkin has a good deal...

Charles Ives at 150: The Sound of America

Charles Ives evoked his country like few others, and to mark 150 years since his birth,...

Editor's Choice: August 2024 | The best new classical recordings

This month we feature outstanding new recordings from Konstantin Krimmel, Rebeca Omordia, Paavo...

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat, Op 110: a guide to the best recordings

Beethoven’s penultimate piano sonata stands among the finest achievements of his later years....

Thea King: a guide to the doyenne of English clarinettists

Starting out as a pianist, Thea King eventually became a renowned clarinettist – a devoted champion...

Robert Saxton: Contemporary Composer

Richard Whitehouse explores the vast and varied output of a versatile, inventive and ultimately...

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