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September 2009

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Special Conductors Issue

The Russians are coming!
Vladimir Jurowski is just one of several conductors from the former Soviet Union who are taking the British music scene by storm. We meet them

Sir Andrew Davis: Exclusive interview
Helen Wallace talks to the great maestro about life after the Proms and how he sees the future of British conducting

Composer of the Month: Aram Khachaturian
Daniel Jaffé on the colourful world of the man who wrote Spartacus

David Robertson: Music Stand
What's on the mind of this year's Last Night of the Proms conductor?

Note to readers in US and Canada: Though all prices quoted in the September edition are in UK pounds sterling, most of the discs featured and reviewed are available as usual from our North American partner, ArkivMusic.com. Go to www.arkivmusic.com/bbcmusic for details of prices and ordering.

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On Sale Date: 
03/08/2009
Issue Number: 
209
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On the Cover Disc

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11

Shostakovich's searing Eleventh Symphony is a graphic account of the 1905 'Bloody Sunday' massacre that took place outside St Petersburg's Winter Palace. This recording, exclusive to BBC Music Magazine, features the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under their talented and young new conductor, Kirill Karabits. Audio clip: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 – Fourth Movement: The Tocsin

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This issue's BBC Music choices

Andrea Bacchetti
DISC OF THE MONTH

Bach: Two-Part Inventions and Sinfonias Andrea Bacchetti (piano) 'The music's magnificence is a revelation – Andrea Bacchetti endows every note with life'

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Haydn: String Quartets
CHAMBER

Haydn: String Quartets Vol. 2 Jerusalem Quartet 'The Jerusalem Quartet's Haydn is an absolute triumph'

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Artist Name
CHORAL & SONG

Bernstein: Mass Baltimore SO/Marin Alsop 'Marin Alsop's version of Bernstein's Mass trumps all others'

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Artist Name
DVD

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Soloists; Glyndebourne Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Emmanuelle Haïm 'This Glyndebourne account of Poppea is in a league of its own'

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Daniel Grimwood
INSTRUMENTAL

Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage Daniel Grimwood (piano) 'Daniel Grimwood proves an exceptional performer of Liszt'

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By Proxy
JAZZ

Partisans: By Proxy
Julian Siegl (sax), Phil Robson (guitar), Thaddeus Kelly (bass), Gene Calderazzo (drums)
'This album is sure to sustain the buzz around Partisans'

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
ORCHESTRAL

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Dresden State Orchestra/Fabio Luisi 'A staggering performance of Bruckner's Ninth'

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Magdalena Kozena
OPERA

Vivaldi: Arias Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano); Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon 'Kozená's vocal colour and intuitive style enliven Vivaldi's arias'

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