GRAMOPHONE JUNHO 2013

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THE GRAMOPHONE MONTH This month we celebrate the people - artists, producers and label executives - joining theGramophone Hall of Fame this year. In the June issue – out now  - we’ve invited leading artists of today to reflect on what makes the 50 new honourees so inspirational (and you’ll also find a special interactive element), while online you’ll find fascinating features from our archives, plus recommended recordings. Elsewhere in this newsletter you can read the latest classical music news and hear excerpts from this month’s best releases, and we also discuss developments in technology in two blogs, one reviewing animpressive new app , the other debating thefuture of MP3. Find out more Click here Martin Cullingford

NEWS

Andris Nelsons named Boston Symphony Orchestra music director At the age of 34, the conductor is the youngest music director of the prestigious orchestra in more than 100 years. read more

RPS Music Awards 2013 announced The Royal Philharmonic Society presents 13 awards for live classical music in the UK. read more

BBC Proms reports record opening day ticket sales More than 114,000 tickets are sold for the London summer festival on the first day of booking. read more

THE GRAMOPHONE PLAYER

This month on the Gramophone Player The Gramophone Player opens with an excerpt from the June issue’s Recording of the Month: Berlioz's Les nuits d'été and La mort de Cléopatrewith mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Robin Ticciati (Linn Records). Also included are cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand playing Shostakovich (Harmonia Mundi), violinist Augustin Dumay and pianist Louis Lortie performing Strauss (Onyx), pianist Simon Trpčeski in a live recording from the Wigmore Hall (Wigmore Hall Live), and the much-missed Sir Colin Davis in one of his final Berlioz recordings – the Grande Messe des morts (LSO Live). read more

FROM THE WEBSITE

Gramophone Hall of Fame 2013 announced! Last year we launched the Gramophone Hall of Fame to celebrate those performers, producers, engineers and label executives whose contributions to classical music recording have proved most influential and inspiring. We ran a vote on the Gramophone website to help select 50 new names for 2013 and you can now read the results. Each new member's entry comes complete with a video, a classic article from the Gramophone Archive and a recommended recording. read more

Explore Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in incredible depth - on your iPad Does a new app from DG and Touch Press offer an insight into the future?Gramophone’s editor Martin Cullingford thinks the answer is a resounding yes. read more

Has MP3 had its day? Hopefully yes... Storage is getting cheaper, and broadband faster – we don't need compressed music any more, writes Gramophone’s Audio Editor Andrew Everard. read more

ADVANCE REVIEW

Britten – Piano and Violin Concertos Tasmin Little and Howard Shelley record Britten’s Violin Concerto, Op 15 and Piano Concerto, Op 13 with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner for Chandos. read more