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Two leading stars of the younger generation of conductors were appointed to top orchestral positions this month. The best known of the two, Vladimir Jurowski, was named principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra from 2007, when Kurt Masur steps down. The 34-year-old Russian is no...

JG Windows Ltd, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 1 'Ikon - Music for the Soul and Spirit' The Sixteen, Harry Christophers UCJ 2 Gounod. Massenet Arias Rolando Villazdn, Evelino Pido Virgin Classics 3 Finzi Intimations of Immortality James Gilchrist, Bournemouth SO & Chorus, David Hill Naxos 4 Foulds Dynamic...

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has named BERNARD HAITINK principal conductor and Pierre Boulez conductor emeritus - the search for a music director to succeed Daniel Barenboim continues, meanwhile • Pianist JONATHAN BISS has signed a two-year exclusive contract with EMI - he had previously...

Tenor Plácido Domingo was given a Lifetime Achievement award at this year's Classical Brit Awards. Such awards often add a final gloss to a career's finale, but if proof were needed that this isn't the case here, Domingo also took the Critic's Choice award for his Tristan and Isolde recording,...