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CONTENTS January 2013 Features PRELUDES 10 NEWS ANALYSIS 12 Tony Hall, new BBC director general; multiple musical marathons MUSICIAN’S DIARY 13 Christopher Purves on the challenge of recording Handel’s bass arias SESSION REPORT 14 Rolando Villazón tapes Verdi arias and songs with Noseda in Turin ICONS Celebrating the pioneering countertenor Alfred Deller 16 THE MUSICIAN AND THE SCORE James Ehnes delves into Bartók’s Solo Sonata with Rob Cowan 18 LETTERS & OBITUARIES TRIBUTE Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012) – the late visionary modernist 20 24 THE WALTZ 26 Philip Clark traces the history of this most famous of dance forms from its 19th-century heyday to its role in contemporary culture BOULT: CHAMPION OF NEW MUSIC 32 Sir Adrian’s commitment to performing the new British music of his time should remain an inspiration to all, argues Geraint Lewis REMEMBERING LUTOSŁAWSKI 36 Michael McManus on the Polish composer in his centenary year STAFF PICKS 38 Gramophone’s editorial team choose their musical highlights of 2012 MUSICAL JOURNEYS 97 Pushing the boundaries in Scotland; conducting contest in Poland HIGH FIDELITY Nominating the best audio equipment of 2012 101 NEW RELEASES 110 REVIEWS INDEX 112 MY MUSIC 114 Musical theatre star Maria Friedman on the genius of Sondheim 6 GRAMOPHONE JANUARY 2013 16 All hail Alfred Deller, this month’s worthy Icon 26 Waltzing into the future: how 1, 2, 3 still resonates today 32 Opening the door to new music: Sir Adrian Boult gramophone.co.uk A R T S & I C M U S / L E B R E C H T I C . M A C D O M N G , / A L A M Y I V E A R C H A R T T H E , I M A G E S / G E T T Y A U E R B A C H I C H E R : P H O T O G R A P H Y
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Disc of the Month Szymanowski Orchestral Works With his Lutosławski survey coming to an end, Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra now turn to another of Poland’s major composers as part of Chandos’ Polish Music series. This is Volume 1 in a new survey of orchestral works by Karol Szymanowski, featuring the Concert Overture and Symphony No. 2, with Louis Lortie the piano soloist in Symphony No. 4. CHSA 5115 SUPER AUDIO CD IN SURROUND SOUND New Releases Suppé Overtures and Marches Franz von Suppé was a successful and highly prolific composer for the stage. A selection of his bright and colourful overtures and marches are performed here by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Neeme Järvi, who last year celebrated his thirty-year conducting career with Chandos Records. CHSA 5110 Bartók Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2 James Ehnes has already recorded Béla Bartók’s concertos for violin and for viola, to great acclaim. This disc is the second in his equally successful survey of Bartók’s chamber music for violin. His accompanist is Andrew Armstrong, a pianist praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling technique. CHAN 10752 Petrassi Psalm IX/Magnificat Our Italian Music series with the conductor Gianandrea Noseda continues with two large-scale choral works by Goffredo Petrassi, Psalm IX and the premiere recording of the Magnificat, performed by the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Regio, Torino. CHAN 10750 Mozart, Copland, and Kats-Chernin Works for Clarinet and Orchestra Michael Collins combines the roles of clarinet soloist and conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in three works that chart the journey of the clarinet, from Mozart’s lateeighteenth-century Europe, via Aaron Copland’s 1940s America, to a recent piece, written for Michael Collins, by the Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin. CHAN 10756 Daniel Purcell Sonatas for violin and continuo Here we have a selection of works for solo harpsichord and for violin and continuo by Daniel Purcell, the younger brother (or more likely cousin) of Henry Purcell. Most of the works are recorded here for the first time, and performed by the violinist Hazel Brooks and harpsichordist David Pollock. CHAN 0795 www.chandos.net www.theclassicalshop.net (24-bit downloads, lossless, MP3) STAY I N THE KNOW New releases • Reviews • Special offers • Artist features

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CONTENTS

January 2013

Features

PRELUDES

10

NEWS ANALYSIS

12

Tony Hall, new BBC director general; multiple musical marathons

MUSICIAN’S DIARY

13

Christopher Purves on the challenge of recording Handel’s bass arias

SESSION REPORT

14

Rolando Villazón tapes Verdi arias and songs with Noseda in Turin

ICONS

Celebrating the pioneering countertenor Alfred Deller

16

THE MUSICIAN AND THE SCORE

James Ehnes delves into Bartók’s Solo Sonata with Rob Cowan

18

LETTERS & OBITUARIES

TRIBUTE

Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012) – the late visionary modernist

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24

THE WALTZ

26

Philip Clark traces the history of this most famous of dance forms from its 19th-century heyday to its role in contemporary culture

BOULT: CHAMPION OF NEW MUSIC 32 Sir Adrian’s commitment to performing the new British music of his time should remain an inspiration to all, argues Geraint Lewis

REMEMBERING LUTOSŁAWSKI

36

Michael McManus on the Polish composer in his centenary year

STAFF PICKS

38

Gramophone’s editorial team choose their musical highlights of 2012

MUSICAL JOURNEYS

97

Pushing the boundaries in Scotland; conducting contest in Poland

HIGH FIDELITY

Nominating the best audio equipment of 2012

101

NEW RELEASES

110

REVIEWS INDEX

112

MY MUSIC

114

Musical theatre star Maria Friedman on the genius of Sondheim

6 GRAMOPHONE JANUARY 2013

16 All hail Alfred Deller, this month’s worthy Icon

26 Waltzing into the future: how 1, 2, 3 still resonates today

32 Opening the door to new music: Sir Adrian Boult gramophone.co.uk

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