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CONTENTS Volume 102 Number 12 4 6 EDITORIAL Phone 020 7738 5454 email gramophone@markallengroup.com EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Martin Cullingford DEPUTY EDITOR Tim Parry REVIEWS EDITOR Gavin Dixon DIGITAL EDITOR James McCarthy SUB EDITORS David Threasher; Marija uric´ Speare EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Holly Baker ART DIRECTOR Juliet Boucher PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITOR EMERITUS James Jolly WITH THANKS TO Jasmine Cullingford ADVERTISING email advertising@gramophone.co.uk COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Esther Zuke / 020 7501 6368 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 Ravi Chandiramani CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ben Allen CHAIRMAN Mark Allen Part of markallengroup.com GRAMOPHONE is published by MA Education & Music 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 November 2024 issue is on sale from November 6; the December issue will be on sale from December 4 (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 Education & Music 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 Education & Music 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 Education & Music Ltd, 2024. 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 Publisher. 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 Jed Distler hears an account of Ravel’s complete works with piano from François-Xavier Poizat, performances of vitality and insight ORCHESTRAL Levit and Thielemann in Brahms; new music by Rebecca Dale and Adrian Sutton; Alison Balsom plays Baroque concertos CHAMBER The Doric String Quartet play Brahms; discovering Frederick Block; Ives with Jeremy Denk INSTRUMENTAL Bach from Alexandre Tharaud and Zhu Xiao-Mei; Hamelin’s ‘Hammerklavier’; Sokolov in Purcell VOCAL Donizetti songs; a Rita Strohl compendium; Pappano conducts Elijah; RVW rarities ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS Charlotte Gardner on concerts to watch online OPERA Figaro from Salzburg; Kaufmann’s Puccini JAZZ, WORLD & MUSICALS Reviews from Jazzwise, Songlines and Musicals REISSUES David Oistrakh remastered; Sawallisch opera recordings; an András Schiff birthday tribute BOX-SET ROUND-UP REPLAY Rob Cowan on recent releases from the archives CLASSICS RECONSIDERED Andrew Farach-Colton and Andrew Achenbach on Nigel Kennedy’s 1984 Elgar Violin Concerto BOOKS Debussy in Context; a portrait of four leading cellists GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION Richard Whitehouse traces the recording history of Schoenberg’s String Quartet No 2 REVIEWS INDEX FOR THE RECORD A photographic celebration of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards; results of the Leeds Piano, and BBC Young Musician, competitions; introducing Daniil Bulayev; the story behind contemporary label NMC; talking David Oistrakh with filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon LETTERS & OBITUARIES The musically adventurous MTT, completing Bruckner’s Ninth, and tributes to conductor Leif Segerstam and cellist Rohan de Saram BRUCE LIU The pianist talks to Michelle Assay about winning the Chopin Competition, and about preparing for his new DG album of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons LUCIE HORSCH The recorder player’s new album features Frans Brüggen’s collection of historical instruments, as she tells Charlotte Gardner FRANK DUPREE The superb pianist explores the brilliance of Nikolai Kapustin and his virtuosic, jazz-inspired concertos with Jeremy Nicholas MUSICIAN AND THE SCORE Recording the original version of Bach’s Magnificat was a fascinating project, as conductor Justin Doyle tells Lindsay Kemp ICONS Jed Distler on the music of Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire, an artist admired for his interpretative insight and instinct CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS Karin Rehnqvist, a Swedish composer whose work combines modernism with tradition HIGH FIDELITY The latest news from the audio equipment world, including a guide to the wide variety of wireless in-ear headphones available today MY MUSIC Journalist, author and President of SOAS Zeinab Badawi on musical loves – and regrets 4 GRAMOPHONE NOVEMBER 2024 gramophone.co.uk
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Sony Classical Releases HUMAN UNIVERSE Debut Album by Hayato Sumino HUMAN UNIVERSE Sony Classical releases the debut recording ‘Human Universe’ by outstanding young New York-based Japanese pianist and composer, Hayato Sumino (aka ‘Cateen’). This eclectic and ambitious debut recording includes works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Purcell, Ravel and iconic film composers such as Ryuichi Sakamoto and Hans Zimmer, alongside works by Sumino himself. “My original idea was always to reflect on the ancient concept of the universe, going back to the old correlations between art and science. The ancient Greeks believed that celestial bodies in the universe emitted sound and that the entire universe created harmony and music, the so-called ‘Music of the Spheres’. I love this concept and it’s very close to my own aesthetics in music which makes it all the more special for me to share this music now with listeners everywhere”. Hayato Sumino /SonyClassical @SonyClassical @SonyClassical

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CONTENTS Volume 102 Number 12 4 6

EDITORIAL Phone 020 7738 5454 email gramophone@markallengroup.com EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Martin Cullingford DEPUTY EDITOR Tim Parry REVIEWS EDITOR Gavin Dixon DIGITAL EDITOR James McCarthy SUB EDITORS David Threasher; Marija uric´ Speare EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Holly Baker ART DIRECTOR Juliet Boucher PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITOR EMERITUS James Jolly WITH THANKS TO Jasmine Cullingford

ADVERTISING email advertising@gramophone.co.uk COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Esther Zuke / 020 7501 6368

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 Ravi Chandiramani CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ben Allen CHAIRMAN Mark Allen

Part of markallengroup.com

GRAMOPHONE is published by MA Education & Music 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 November 2024 issue is on sale from November 6; the December issue will be on sale from December 4 (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 Education & Music 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 Education & Music 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 Education & Music Ltd, 2024. 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 Publisher. 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 Jed Distler hears an account of Ravel’s complete works with piano from François-Xavier Poizat, performances of vitality and insight

ORCHESTRAL

Levit and Thielemann in Brahms; new music by Rebecca Dale and Adrian Sutton; Alison Balsom plays Baroque concertos

CHAMBER

The Doric String Quartet play Brahms; discovering Frederick Block; Ives with Jeremy Denk

INSTRUMENTAL

Bach from Alexandre Tharaud and Zhu Xiao-Mei; Hamelin’s ‘Hammerklavier’; Sokolov in Purcell

VOCAL

Donizetti songs; a Rita Strohl compendium; Pappano conducts Elijah; RVW rarities

ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS Charlotte Gardner on concerts to watch online

OPERA

Figaro from Salzburg; Kaufmann’s Puccini

JAZZ, WORLD & MUSICALS Reviews from Jazzwise, Songlines and Musicals

REISSUES

David Oistrakh remastered; Sawallisch opera recordings; an András Schiff birthday tribute

BOX-SET ROUND-UP

REPLAY

Rob Cowan on recent releases from the archives

CLASSICS RECONSIDERED Andrew Farach-Colton and Andrew Achenbach on Nigel Kennedy’s 1984 Elgar Violin Concerto

BOOKS

Debussy in Context; a portrait of four leading cellists

GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION Richard Whitehouse traces the recording history of Schoenberg’s String Quartet No 2

REVIEWS INDEX

FOR THE RECORD

A photographic celebration of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards; results of the Leeds Piano, and BBC Young Musician, competitions; introducing Daniil Bulayev; the story behind contemporary label NMC; talking David Oistrakh with filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon

LETTERS & OBITUARIES The musically adventurous MTT, completing Bruckner’s Ninth, and tributes to conductor Leif Segerstam and cellist Rohan de Saram

BRUCE LIU

The pianist talks to Michelle Assay about winning the Chopin Competition, and about preparing for his new DG album of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons

LUCIE HORSCH

The recorder player’s new album features Frans Brüggen’s collection of historical instruments, as she tells Charlotte Gardner

FRANK DUPREE

The superb pianist explores the brilliance of Nikolai Kapustin and his virtuosic, jazz-inspired concertos with Jeremy Nicholas

MUSICIAN AND THE SCORE Recording the original version of Bach’s Magnificat was a fascinating project, as conductor Justin Doyle tells Lindsay Kemp

ICONS

Jed Distler on the music of Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire, an artist admired for his interpretative insight and instinct

CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS Karin Rehnqvist, a Swedish composer whose work combines modernism with tradition

HIGH FIDELITY

The latest news from the audio equipment world, including a guide to the wide variety of wireless in-ear headphones available today

MY MUSIC

Journalist, author and President of SOAS Zeinab Badawi on musical loves – and regrets

4 GRAMOPHONE NOVEMBER 2024

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