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Martin Cullingford Friday, April 16, 2021 Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the May issue, which includes: Leif Ove Andsnes's reflections on Mozart, a pioneering new choral recording in a virtual acoustic and a tribute to the great horn player Dennis Brain Classical recording is a living art form – and as such has a past, present and future. And those interwoven threads of heritage, modernity and looking ahead are something we endeavour to explore in every issue of Gramophone. Starting with the past, our Reissue and Archive coverage offers an in-depth insight...

U.S.-China relationship is in a tough spot, but it's not a 'new Cold War' Why not? Let Beethoven explain.  By Trudy Rubin Philadelphia Inquirer April 15, 2021 — 11:19am Text size Copy shortlink: If you want to understand why we're not embarked on a "new Cold War" with Beijing, I suggest you watch a PBS document...

Monday, March 15, 2021 This year, everyone will be able to watch the Rubinstein Competition online, plus a few digital extras Daniil Trifonov (photo: Yaira Yasmin) One should probably never compare a piano competition to the Pope - anyway not every Pope can play piano (though Pope Benedict XVI certainly does, as evidenced by a video doing the rounds on YouTube of him playing some Schubert, very creditably). But it is a well-known custom that, when selected for the Papacy, the cardinal of choice shows reluctance. The idea being that a great honour confers a heavy responsibility...

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Dominique Faget—AFP/Getty Images Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, seen here in a photo from 1982, was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1955 until his resignation in 1989. While performing in Bejing in the 70s, Karajan made many demands that upset the philharmonic's hosts and local musicians. Melodies of My Youth From the Caixin Editors The caution with which many older Chinese approach personal or family history reflects Asian modesty as well as a reluctance to discuss painful memories from the nation’s tumultuous past. Memories from the Cultural ...