The best-selling mezzo Cecilia Bartoli graces the cover of our very special November issue. In her new album, 'St Petersburg', Bartoli opens a window on a hidden period of musical life in the Russian city, during which three visionary tsaritsas allowed music to thrive. Gramophone's Editor-in-Chief James Jolly went to meet the opera star to discover how she managed to gain access to the Mariinsky archives to unearth the music for her new album. Visit our Latest Issue page to find out what other articles and interviews are in our November issue, alongside the world's most engaging and authoritative classical music reviews.