BBC Music Magazine - 2 Okt 2025
Spirit of the North
TCHAIKOVSKY’S THE TEMPEST
DEBUSSY’S NEW HORIZON
Playing the part
Stolen sounds
100 reviews by the world’s finest critics
Why did Ravel call his best-known work ‘a joke’?
Donald Runnicles
National piano schools
Eleanor Oldroyd
Michel Legrand: genius of French movie music
Full November listings inside
Welcome
Michael White
Claire Jackson
Anne Templer
Stolen strings
Screen players
Identity crisis
Rays of light
A passage to Indonesia
Composer of the Month
The Full Score
Mum’s the word
Building a Library
Music that Changed Me
An American in China
Musical Destinations
Letters
Crossword and Quiz
Richard Morrison
Radio & TV
November reviews
Recording of the Month
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Alison Balsom calls time on career
Grave occasions reveal an unexpected taste
Einstein’s fiddle set for sale
Finnish conductor to start at the Centre
Ravel’s Boléro, a ballet with ‘no music’, takes to the stage
Also in November 1928…
Concert Heaven Concert Hell
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Myhero
An environmental force
FAREWELL TO…
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
There’s much that Europe and UK festivals can learn from each other
Darkfascination
The music of Iceland
Northern voices
A passage to Indonesia
Indonesian gamelan
Identity Crisis
Man of the world
An American in China
An American in China
Beijing Music Festival
Rays of light
Composing therapy
Stolen strings
Stolen strings
Town that time forgot
Screen players
Screen players
Musical chops
Mum’s the word
Mum’s the word
No pregnant pauses
Trieste Italy
James Joyce
Michel Legrand
Legrand’s style
MICHEL LEGRAND Life×
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Three other great recordings
Continue the journey…
A stunning and scholarly performance
Welcome
Isabelle Faust
Thrilling Nielsen from start to finish finds perfect pacing in the latest instalment of Gardner’s cycle
Beethoven
Chausson
Anna Clyne
Shostakovich
Kevin Puts
American Mirror
BRIEF NOTES
Les Siècles au Théâtre des Champs-élysées
Vaughan Williams
A vibrant and humane message
Kalevi Aho • Magnus Lindberg
Richard Blackford
Bliss
John Rutter
Mozart
A captivating take on Weinberg’s epic opera
Gluck
Mary Kouyoumdjian
Lerner & Loewe
Mozart
Rameau
A one-of-a-kind 90th birthday celebration
Campra
John Rutter
Songs of Ourselves
Ricordanze
The Living Fire
An engaging recital with attentive performances
Bosmans
Gluck
Schumann • Schubert
The World Feels Dusty
Serenata a Napoli
A thrilling album cements Fretwork’s place at the top
Beethoven
Franck • Maier • Schumann
Klussmann
Lawrence Rose
Mozart
Fantasia
CPE Bach
Umbrellas
River of Music
Dvořák
Swans
A triumphant return for the Notre-dame organ
JS Bach
JS Bach
Caprice Reimagined
Elgar • Holst
Chopin
D Scarlatti
Libro primo
Schubert • Beethoven
Valentin Silvestrov
Satie
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez
Homage to a golden age Giacomo Smith
Our critics cast their eyes over the latest selection of books on all things music
The joys of spring Lully
Andrew Mcgregor looks over this month’s reissued and live archive recordings
Unboxed
Best value bookshelf speakers for your budget
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Positioning tips
Three to look out for
Cardi Singer of the World
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THE QUIZ
AUGUST SOLUTION
Eleanor Oldroyd
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