Montenegrin guitar star Miloš. Plus the 25 top European summer festivals worth travelling for.

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Miloš Karadaglić has conquered hearts, charts and halls with his Australian-made instrument, but he’s more than just a poster boy for the guitar. We meet the young Montenegrin star and find out first-hand what’s so compelling about the 21st century’s new guitar hero.

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Reviews

Classical CD, DVD, book and live concert reviews, including Ensemble Resonanz bringing out the romantic Viennese side of Schoenberg and Berg; John Eliot Gardiner’s second crack at the Missa Solemnis; Australia’s bel canto belle, Emma Matthews, turns her attention to Mozart; Angela Hewitt brings her Bachian pianistic poise to bear on Beethoven sonatas; Opera Australia’s Onegin proves a melancholy delight plus the Jerusalem Quartet soar in a flavoursome disc of Smetana and Janáček.

The Limelight Classical Chart

Exclusive to Limelight, this chart ranks the top 20 best-selling classical CDs and DVDs according to monthly sales figures drawn from Australia’s leading classical specialist stores. Unlike other charts, Limelight’s specially assembled list admits only pure classical releases – it’s not diluted with crossover.