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to the don’t-miss musical events this summer

Von Stade’s last hurrah

The great singer on retiring from the stage

How Tokyo offers music fans an unmatched experience

Classical fever in Japan

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Gianandrea Noseda discusses the forgotten opera Aleko

Rare Rachmaninov recorded

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www.gramophone.co.uk GRAMOPHONE MAY 2010 1

Your indispensable guide

Summer music festivals

Est 1923 . May 2010

The making of

Joyce

DiDonato

Also

The thrilling mezzo reveals how she was driven to

reinvent herself

Arnold Whittall selects the finest recording of Berg’s Violin Concerto

The Gramophone Collection

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