The September isse of Limelight hits the newsstands today, available at retailers across Australia, through our online store and digitally through Zinio.

Cover Feature: Sir Simon Says
Sir Simon Rattle talks to Limelight about why the Schumann symphonies matter to him, and why the world’s most famous orchestra has decided to go it alone after 115 years.

Also in this issue…

Australia’s Top Composers
The public and the experts have voted, so who leads our list of the country’s greatest composers? Australia’s finest musical minds tell us what they think makes our top 10 truly great.

Stravinsky in Hollywood
A new documentary explores the composer’s dream of making it in the movies. Limelight finds out how the dream was shattered.

Fassbaender on Strauss
Legendary Kammersängerin Brigitte Fassbaender tells us why she’s curated the most complete set of Richard Strass’ songs.

Interview: Stephen Hough
The eclectic piano wizard is returning to our shores. He speaks to Limelight about career choices, Aussie citizenship and the compulsion to compose.

Reviews
Classical CD, DVD, book and live concert reviews, including a disc of Schubert’s Winterreise to confirm the major-league status of Jonas Kaufmann’s; Gill Shaham captures the Zeitgeist of a troubled decade with five violin concertos from the 1930s; the sun sets on Matthias Goerne’s exceptional series of Schubert Leider; heavenly twins sparkles as Pinchgut Opera give Rameau...