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Before readers rush to the wrong conclusion after reading your March editorial and that reviews of classical music are to be submerged by those of 'cross-over', pop, rap, hip-hop, jazz, fusion or whatever, they should pause and recall at least two thoughts.

I read with alarm the final paragraph of your editorial in the March issue. Unlike the controller of BBC Radio 3, who admits to not knowing what classical music is, you have given ample evidence since becoming editor of Gramophone that you do indeed know what it is. There is proof on this in...

I agree with your choice of recordings for Mahler's Lied von der Erde in February's 'Recommended Recordings' (page 128).

Your obituary in the March issue (page 23) records that Martha Mod] appeared as recently as 1999 in The Queen of Spades. In fact the length of her stage career was even more impressive than that.

I applaud strongly your growing coverage of DVD; but why are you ignoring the numerous (often superlative) ballets issued in this medium? I cannot be your only reader puzzled by this.

Thanks to Bryce Morrison in the February issue for his frank and perceptive comments on Czech pianist Ivan Moravec (see review on page 67).