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CONTENTS Volume 100 Number 122 1 EDITORIAL Phone 020 7738 5454 email gramophone@markallengroup.com EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Martin Cullingford DEPUTY EDITOR Sarah Kirkup REVIEWS EDITOR Tim Parry ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR James McCarthy SUB EDITORS David Threasher; Marija uric´ Speare EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Hattie Butterworth; Eleanor Burgess EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee ART DIRECTOR Dinah Lone PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITOR IN CHIEF James Jolly WITH THANKS TO Jasmine Cullingford ADVERTISING email advertising@gramophone.co.uk COMMERCIAL MANAGER Esther Zuke / 020 7501 6368 SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER James McMahon / 07967 169001 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BACK ISSUES 0800 137201 (UK) +44 (0)1722 716997 (overseas) subscriptions@markallengroup.com PUBLISHING HEAD OF MARKETING John Barnett / 020 7501 6233 GROUP INSTITUTIONAL SALES MANAGER Jas Atwal PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Richard Hamshere / 01722 716997 PRODUCTION MANAGER Kyri Apostolou CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Sally Boettcher / 01722 716997 SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER Bethany Foy / 01722 716997 EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Martin Cullingford MANAGING DIRECTOR Paul Geoghegan CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ben Allen CHAIRMAN Mark Allen www.markallengroup.com GRAMOPHONE is published by MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB, United Kingdom. gramophone.co.uk email gramophone@markallengroup.com or subscriptions@markallengroup.com ISSN 0017 310X. The December issue is on sale from December 7; the January issue will be on sale from January 4, 2023 (both UK). Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of statements in this magazine but we cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions, or for matters arising from clerical or printers’ errors, or an advertiser not completing his contract. Regarding concert listings, all information is correct at the time of going to press. Letters to the editor requiring a personal reply should be accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope. We have made every effort to secure permission to use copyright material. Where material has been used inadvertently or we have been unable to trace the copyright owner, acknowledgement will be made in a future issue. UK subscription rate £77. Printed in England by Precision Colour Printing. North American edition (ISSN 0017-310X): Gramophone, USPS 881080, is published monthly with an additional issue in October by MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB, United Kingdom. The US annual subscription price is $114. Airfreight and mailing in the USA by agent named WN Shipping USA, 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Periodicals postage paid at Jamaica NY 11431. US Postmaster: Send address changes to Gramophone, WN Shipping USA, 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Subscription records are maintained at MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, Unit A, Buildings 1-5 Dinton Business Park, Catherine Ford Road, Dinton, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP3 5HZ, UK. Air Business Ltd is acting as our mailing agent. © MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, 2022. All rights reserved. No part of the Gramophone may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission of the Publishing Director. Please read our privacy policy, by visiting privacypolicy.markallengroup.com. This will explain how we process, use & safeguard your data. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the editor or Gramophone. Advertisements in the journal do not imply endorsement of the products or services advertised. EDITOR’S CHOICE The 12 most highly recommended recordings reviewed in this issue RECORDING OF THE MONTH Harriet Smith is hugely impressed by peerless accounts of transcriptions by Liszt and Alkan of masterpieces by Beethoven and Mozart, played with drive and flair by pianist Paul Wee ORCHESTRAL Bach from John Butt and his Dunedin Consort; live Tchaikovsky from the LSO and Noseda; Brabbins continues his Vaughan Williams cycle CHAMBER The Talich Quartet play Dvo∑ák; a rare exploration of canons by Mozart and Telemann INSTRUMENTAL Bach on the bassoon; Mao Fujita plays Mozart’s piano sonatas; Paul Lewis returns to Schubert VOCAL An all-star Theodora; Łukaszewski from Latvia; Pappano’s Rossini; Marina Rebeka’s French voyage ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS Peter Quantrill reports on online music-making OPERA Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo; a Verdian rarity JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC Reviews from our sister titles Jazzwise and Songlines REISSUES Adrian Boult’s legacy; Dmitri Hvorostovsky BOX-SET ROUND-UP REPLAY Rob Cowan on recent releases from the archives CLASSICS RECONSIDERED Two critics discuss Stravinsky’s 1961 recording of his own Symphony in Three Movements BOOKS Vaughan Williams; Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION Jeremy Nicholas compares recordings of Liszt’s devilish Totentanz and identifies the finest versions REVIEWS INDEX FOR THE RECORD The latest news, including the Handel and Haydn Society’s appointment of a new Artistic Director and the launch of the Curtis Institute’s record label – plus Will Fraser, the Director of Fugue State Films, talks about his mission to champion the organ, we step inside Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, and James Jolly talks about the Birgit Nilsson Prize with Susanne Rydén LETTERS AND OBITUARIES In praise of Sir Adrian Boult’s illuminating Elgar; we pay tribute to the conductor Libor Pe≈ek CÉSAR FRANCK AT He may have received little recognition as a composer during his lifetime but, writes Jeremy Nicholas, the extraordinary organist produced a series of masterpieces during his final years that are recognised as such today CRITICS’ CHOICE RETURNS Our annual gift guide is back! Our expert reviewers each choose an outstanding classical recording reviewed by us in the past 12 months CHRISTMAS ROUND-UP David Threasher listens to a selection of this year’s seasonal offerings, from Oxbridge college fare to continental brass arrangements. Getting into the festive spirit has never been easier! MUSICIAN AND THE SCORE Renaud Capuçon chats enthusiastically to Charlotte Gardner about his approach to Schumann’s impulsive Violin Sonata No 1 ICONS Stephen Cera celebrates the playing qualities and varied achievements of Swiss pianist Edwin Fischer CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS Could there be a more radical mould-breaker than the US artist-composer Meredith Monk? HIGH FIDELITY The latest from the world of audio equipment MY MUSIC Chef Kenji López-Alt on his love of Beethoven 4 GRAMOPHONE DECEMBER 2022 gramophone.co.uk

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CONTENTS Volume 100 Number 122 1

EDITORIAL Phone 020 7738 5454 email gramophone@markallengroup.com EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Martin Cullingford DEPUTY EDITOR Sarah Kirkup REVIEWS EDITOR Tim Parry ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR James McCarthy SUB EDITORS David Threasher; Marija uric´ Speare EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Hattie Butterworth; Eleanor Burgess EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee ART DIRECTOR Dinah Lone PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITOR IN CHIEF James Jolly WITH THANKS TO Jasmine Cullingford

ADVERTISING email advertising@gramophone.co.uk COMMERCIAL MANAGER Esther Zuke / 020 7501 6368 SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER James McMahon / 07967 169001

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BACK ISSUES 0800 137201 (UK) +44 (0)1722 716997 (overseas) subscriptions@markallengroup.com

PUBLISHING HEAD OF MARKETING John Barnett / 020 7501 6233 GROUP INSTITUTIONAL SALES MANAGER Jas Atwal PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Richard Hamshere / 01722 716997 PRODUCTION MANAGER Kyri Apostolou CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Sally Boettcher / 01722 716997 SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER Bethany Foy / 01722 716997 EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Martin Cullingford MANAGING DIRECTOR Paul Geoghegan CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ben Allen CHAIRMAN Mark Allen www.markallengroup.com

GRAMOPHONE is published by MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB, United Kingdom. gramophone.co.uk email gramophone@markallengroup.com or subscriptions@markallengroup.com ISSN 0017 310X.

The December issue is on sale from December 7; the January issue will be on sale from January 4, 2023 (both UK). Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of statements in this magazine but we cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions, or for matters arising from clerical or printers’ errors, or an advertiser not completing his contract. Regarding concert listings, all information is correct at the time of going to press. Letters to the editor requiring a personal reply should be accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope. We have made every effort to secure permission to use copyright material. Where material has been used inadvertently or we have been unable to trace the copyright owner, acknowledgement will be made in a future issue. UK subscription rate £77. Printed in England by Precision Colour Printing. North American edition (ISSN 0017-310X): Gramophone, USPS 881080, is published monthly with an additional issue in October by MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB, United Kingdom. The US annual subscription price is $114. Airfreight and mailing in the USA by agent named WN Shipping USA, 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Periodicals postage paid at Jamaica NY 11431. US Postmaster: Send address changes to Gramophone, WN Shipping USA, 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Subscription records are maintained at MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, Unit A, Buildings 1-5 Dinton Business Park, Catherine Ford Road, Dinton, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP3 5HZ, UK. Air Business Ltd is acting as our mailing agent. © MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, 2022. All rights reserved. No part of the Gramophone may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission of the Publishing Director. Please read our privacy policy, by visiting privacypolicy.markallengroup.com. This will explain how we process, use & safeguard your data. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the editor or Gramophone. Advertisements in the journal do not imply endorsement of the products or services advertised.

EDITOR’S CHOICE

The 12 most highly recommended recordings reviewed in this issue

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Harriet Smith is hugely impressed by peerless accounts of transcriptions by Liszt and Alkan of masterpieces by Beethoven and Mozart, played with drive and flair by pianist Paul Wee

ORCHESTRAL

Bach from John Butt and his Dunedin Consort; live Tchaikovsky from the LSO and Noseda; Brabbins continues his Vaughan Williams cycle

CHAMBER

The Talich Quartet play Dvo∑ák; a rare exploration of canons by Mozart and Telemann

INSTRUMENTAL

Bach on the bassoon; Mao Fujita plays Mozart’s piano sonatas; Paul Lewis returns to Schubert

VOCAL

An all-star Theodora; Łukaszewski from Latvia; Pappano’s Rossini; Marina Rebeka’s French voyage

ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS Peter Quantrill reports on online music-making

OPERA

Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo; a Verdian rarity

JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC

Reviews from our sister titles Jazzwise and Songlines

REISSUES

Adrian Boult’s legacy; Dmitri Hvorostovsky

BOX-SET ROUND-UP

REPLAY

Rob Cowan on recent releases from the archives

CLASSICS RECONSIDERED Two critics discuss Stravinsky’s 1961 recording of his own Symphony in Three Movements

BOOKS

Vaughan Williams; Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes

GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION Jeremy Nicholas compares recordings of Liszt’s devilish Totentanz and identifies the finest versions

REVIEWS INDEX

FOR THE RECORD

The latest news, including the Handel and Haydn Society’s appointment of a new Artistic Director and the launch of the Curtis Institute’s record label – plus Will Fraser, the Director of Fugue State Films, talks about his mission to champion the organ, we step inside Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, and James Jolly talks about the Birgit Nilsson Prize with Susanne Rydén

LETTERS AND OBITUARIES In praise of Sir Adrian Boult’s illuminating Elgar; we pay tribute to the conductor Libor Pe≈ek

CÉSAR FRANCK AT

He may have received little recognition as a composer during his lifetime but, writes Jeremy Nicholas, the extraordinary organist produced a series of masterpieces during his final years that are recognised as such today

CRITICS’ CHOICE RETURNS Our annual gift guide is back! Our expert reviewers each choose an outstanding classical recording reviewed by us in the past 12 months

CHRISTMAS ROUND-UP David Threasher listens to a selection of this year’s seasonal offerings, from Oxbridge college fare to continental brass arrangements. Getting into the festive spirit has never been easier!

MUSICIAN AND THE SCORE Renaud Capuçon chats enthusiastically to Charlotte Gardner about his approach to Schumann’s impulsive Violin Sonata No 1

ICONS

Stephen Cera celebrates the playing qualities and varied achievements of Swiss pianist Edwin Fischer

CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS Could there be a more radical mould-breaker than the US artist-composer Meredith Monk?

HIGH FIDELITY

The latest from the world of audio equipment

MY MUSIC

Chef Kenji López-Alt on his love of Beethoven

4 GRAMOPHONE DECEMBER 2022

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