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No news yet of a Solti Lo/zengrin to complete his Wagner opera series ("I know, I owe that to myself, and I will do that") but Sir Georg is as ever fizzing with ideas for major recording projects in the near and middle distance. His Don Giovanni is with us (reviewed on page 514), and now he has...

José Carreras (right) with Frederica von Stade (left) and Salvatore Fisichella during the sessions for Rossini's "Otello": this first-ever studio recording is reviewed on page 518 [photo: Phosogram Jose; Carreras

The editorial was largely devoted to Sir Landon Ronald who had died on August 14th after an illness which had virtually cut him off from active work for some two years. Later in the issue was a tribute from F. W. Gaisbergand who better to give one than the man who had introduced Ronald to the...