Gramophone | May 2025
This month's cover artist is the young British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason who talks to us about his new recording of Shostakovich and Britten. We also celebrate the 50th birthday of the Takács Quartet as they release their latest album of music by Dvorák and Florence Price, and sit in on the sessions as Pierre-Laurent Aimard records the largest selection yet from György Kurtág’s Játékok. This month's Icons focus is Russian pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky, and the Contemporary Composer focus is the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. In Musician and the Score,
Edward Gardner talks us through the joys and challenges of conducting Richard Strauss’s one-act opera Salome, while the focus of this issue's Collection is Prokoviev’s Piano Concerto No 3. We also bring you our annual Summer Festivals Guide, and actor and playwright Oliver Cotton shares his memories of studying classical guitar in My Music. Plus, the latest classical music albums reviewed by our expert critics, with the very best named Editor's Choices.
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