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THE GRAMOPHONE MONTH The September issue of Gramophone is now on sale, in which we celebrate the life and legacy of Glenn Gould. Through interviews with those who knew him and fascinating photographs, we tell the story of a pianist whose remarkable musicianship and bold challenging of conventions caught the zeitgeist and elevated him into an iconic cultural figure of wide significance. We also interview Sir Simon Rattle, 10 years after he took over probably the world’s leading podium position at the mighty Berlin Philharmonic. Meanwhile, in this newsletter, you can sample the 10 best recordings from Rattle and the Berlin Phil, listen to excerpts from this month’s Gramophone  Choice discs on the Gramophone Player and read anadvance review from the October edition. Find out more Click here Martin Cullingford

NEWS

Barenboim addresses Proms audience Following the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra’s Friday evening performance of Beethoven’s Choral Symphony at the BBC Proms, conductor and founder Daniel Barenboim gave an impromptu speech to the audience... read more

Julian Lloyd Webber named patron of BSO Vibes The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s membership scheme for young people, BSO Vibes, has acquired a new high-profile patron for its second season. Until June 2014, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber will act as... read more

Sydney Symphony signs partnership with Chinese conservatory Hot on the heels of announcing that David Robertson will take over as music director from Vladimir Ashkenazy in January 2014, the Sydney Symphony has made public a three-year agreement with the Xinghai Conservatory of... read more

THE GRAMOPHONE PLAYER

This month on the Gramophone Player Gramophone’s September edition playlist opens with an excerpt from the Recording of the Month: '1612 Italian Vespers' (Decca Classics) by I Fagiolini with conductor Robert Hollingworth – listen to their recording of Palestrina's Quae est ista. There are also recordings by two astonishing young pianists: Xiayin Wang plays part of Rachmaninov's Moments musicaux (Chandos) and Anna Vinnitskaya tackles one of the most technically challenging works in the piano repertoire, 'Ondine' from Ravel'sGaspard de la nuit (Naïve). read more

FROM THE WEBSITE

Rattle and the Berlin Phil: 10 best recordings Gramophone recommends the greatest recordings from Rattle's tenure as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic... read more

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) In the composer's centenary year Andrew Achenbach celebrates Coleridge-Taylor's life and music... read more

Vivaldi – 24 Seasons Later Writing the screenplay for a new film on the Italian composer was a labour of love, writes Jeffrey Freedman in a new blog... read more

ADVANCE REVIEW

Bruckner - Symphony No 4, ‘Romantic’ There’s much worth celebrating on this excellent new (or newish) recording of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony. The venue is the Royal Festival Hall, the date October 30, 2008, the edition used the same that Dohnányi used for his conceptually similar 1989 Decca recording… read more

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