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In tribute to Brian Wilson, who has died at the age of 82, we republish our interview with the great songwriter from January 2011, in which he reveals the music that has inspired his unique sound world
‘Fatherhood made me rethink everything – including how I hear and sing’
Mark Seow travels to Dresden to witness a performance of Sven Helbig's Requiem A, and to reflect on Britten's War Requiem and the sound of conflict
'Aristo Sham took command of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No 2 and ran away with it, infusing the gnarly solo part with purpose, direction, structural awareness, technical finesse and mature artistry'
'With the Final Round performances fresh in my inner ears, the verdict at first surprised and disappointed me'
Mariam Batsashvili tells Jed Distler about her approach to Beethoven’s ‘Appassionata’ Sonata
Their first album together brings songs by Debussy and Messiaen, and as Hugo Shirley discovers, Magdalena Kožená and Mitsuko Uchida not only display a wonderful rapport but also offer some intriguing ideas
Fabrice Fitch surveys the history on record of one of the most distinctive of all Renaissance Masses
Tchaikovsky’s card-game opera, based on Pushkin’s haunting novella, has received a range of treatments on stage, on film and in the studio. Mark Pullinger seeks out the ace in the pack
On a performance-free day of this year's Cliburn competition, Jed Distler reflects on the tumultuous, short life of a previous winner: Alexei Sultanov
'Carter Johnson commandeered the complex and unwieldy textures with minimum effort and maximum suppleness and sophistication'
'Evren Ozel’s precise alignment of accents and phrase groupings in rapid passages created a ballet of the mind'
On a rest day for the competition, Jed Distler looks back at some of the new music commissioned specifically for The Cliburn
'Philipp Lynov proved to be an undisputed master of Ravel’s domain, where technical hurdles simply didn’t exist'
'A win/win performance for all parties concerned, including Mozart!'
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