MUSIC
May 2012
The resurrection of the LP pleases romantics but it risks dividing the classical music community
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April 2012
The young conductor of the Simón Bolívar orchestra is brilliantly reinvigorating Mahler
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March 2012
The greatest German lieder singer may have retired from the stage but his fire is not extinguished
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January/February 2012
Subsidy cuts give classical music the chance to thrive without government interference
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Written each month by the concert and operatic tenor Ian Bostridge
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