ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE CHANNEL CLASSICS turns THIRTY Home to artists such as , Iván Fischer and Anna Fedorova, the label celebrates three decades of outstanding reviews with this month’s cover SACD

t depends on the repertoire and the instrumentation which address I enter into the navigation in my van full of gear.IIt can be the home base hall 1 CCS SA 19503 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE of an orchestra, one of my favorite Rachel Podger violin & Arte dei Suonatori | churches or a concert hall here in A. Vivaldi – La Stravaganza | Allegro from The Netherlands. Over the past Concerto No. 12 30 years I’ve travelled to England, 2 CCS SA 24206 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE Hungary, Germany, France, Matthew Wadsworth | Masters of the Lute | Estonia, Poland, Czechia, Denmark, G. Kapsberger – Toccata Arpeggiata USA, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, 3 CCS SA 24806 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE even to Australia, China and Bolivia! Florilegium | Bolivian Baroque, Vol. 2 | Fellow travellers along the Anonymous – Tota salútis production are my important 4 CCS SA 20604 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE partners of recording and editing Florilegium | G. Ph. Telemann – Paris Quartets, equipment. Van den Hul, supporter Jared Sacks: the founder of Channel Classics Vol. 2 | Vite from Quatuor No. 1 in D Major of Channel for over 20 years now, 5 CCS SA 20804 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE is always coming up with an even James Jolly selected 13 tracks for our The Netherlands Bach Society | Death & Devotion | better sounding cable. Grimm 30th anniversary compilation album. D. Buxtehude – O Gottes Stadt, BuxWV87 Audio with their superior analog to The fantastic Channel Classics 6 CCS SA 21804 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE digital converters, and since three team – Floor, Marian and Lydi Rachel Podger violin & Gary Cooper | W. years their LS1 speakers that I use – has been working together for A. Mozart – For Keyboard and Violin, Vol. 1 | in the mastering room. Merging many years to bring the recordings Allegro molto from in C Major, KV6 Technologies with their continuing into the world. Their artwork, 7 CCS SA 36315 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE support of DSD. And Sonopress has campaigns, ideas, commitment Wim Van Hasselt trumpet, Jörgen van Rijen been producing excellent quality and their personal approach to trombone, Mike Fentross baroque guitar, Benedikt SACDs for almost 20 years of over artists, managements, distributors, Enzler cello, Jorge Lopez-Escribano organ | 250 titles. Each of these partners designers, and all involved, is what Tintomara | H. Purcell – Sound the Trumpet continually strive for the best sound makes it possible to share my 8 CCS SA 21504 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE result possible. I am grateful for the recordings with you, and to put a Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Candida Thompson violin, continuous support of the press. spotlight on the artists! leader | P. I. Tchaikovsky & G. Verdi | Illustrative of this is the wonderful G. Verdi – Andantino from String Quartet in E Minor collaboration with Gramophone, Jared Sacks 9 CCS SA 21604 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE whose reviewers have awarded no Founder, producer, engineer Iván Fischer conductor & Budapest Festival Orchestra fewer than 43 Channel Classics Channel Classics Records | S. Rachmaninoff – Symphony No.2 | Allegro molto recordings with an Editor’s Choice 10 CCS SA 30010 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE over the years. Editor-in-Chief www.channelclassics.com Iván Fischer conductor & Budapest Festival Orchestra | A. Dvorák – Symphony No. 7 & Suite in A Major | Andante con moto from Suite in A Minor For 30 years, Channel Classics has been making 11 CCS SA 35513 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE Rachel Podger violin | Guardian Angel | wonderful recordings: from projects of a rare H. I. F. von Biber – Passacaglia from Rosary Sonatas intimacy courtesy of Florilegium or Rachel Podger to 12 CCS SA 38817 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE the magnificent edifices that are Mahler’s Iván Fischer conductor & Budapest Festival Orchestra | G. Mahler – Symphony No. 3 | symphonies, authoritatively conducted by Iván Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck Fischer. Many have caught our imagination, and a 13 CCS SA 21104 GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE Ebony Band, Werner Herbers leader | Homenaje a fair few have received our monthly Editor’s Choice Revueltas | S. Revueltas – Sensemayá accolade. Here’s a selection of some of our favourites. James Jolly – Gramophone Editor-in-Chief

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