Gloria Vanderbilt obituary: artist, designer and ‘poor little rich girl’
New Yorker’s life among rich and famous was marred by personal pain and tragedy
Heiress Gloria Vanderbilt dies in New York aged 95
‘Poor little rich girl’ who lived life to the full made a separate fortune with designer jeans label
Switched-On Bach: How a transgender synth pioneer changed music
Wendy Carlos’s 1968 album of Bach music for Moog synthesiser brought electronic music into the mainstream and influenced artists from Giorgio Moroder to Daft Punk
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Gustavo Gimeno – Shostakovich Symphony No 1 etc – Suave and urbane
SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO 1 ETCOrchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Gustavo GimenoPentatone PTC 5186 6223
Sombre start to the season by RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Much to enjoy in a solo evening recital by Malaysian-born pianist Bobby Chen
Pierre Boulez thrilled the adventurous and appalled the conservative
Boulez was the last of a great avant-garde line. But was Gilbert Kaplan, another conductor who died last week, just faking it?
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