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CONTENTS GRAMOPHONE is published by Mark Allen Group, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London, SE24 0PB, United Kingdom. gramophone.co.uk email gramophone@markallengroup.com Volume 91 Number 1105 EDITORIAL Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone@markallengroup.com EDITOR Martin Cullingford DEPUTY EDITOR Sarah Kirkup / 020 7501 6365 REVIEWS EDITOR Andrew Mellor / 020 7501 6367 FEATURES EDITOR James McCarthy / 020 7501 6366 SUB-EDITOR David Threasher / 020 7501 6370 ART DIRECTOR Dinah Lone / 020 7501 6689 PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson / 020 7501 6369 AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee LIBRARIAN Richard Farr THANKS TO Marija �uric´ Speare and Hannah Nepil EDITOR-IN-CHIEF James Jolly ADVERTISING Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone.ads@markallengroup.com SALES MANAGER Esther Zuke / 020 7501 6368 SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE Luke Battersby / 020 7501 6373 DISPLAY SALES EXECUTIVE Oli Galvin / 020 7501 6363 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BACK ISSUES 0844 848 8823 (UK) +44 (0)1795 592980 (overseas) gramophone@servicehelpline.co.uk PUBLISHING Phone 020 7738 5454 BRAND MANAGER Luca Da Re / 020 7501 6362 PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE Rachel Cramond / 020 7501 6372 DIGITAL AND MARKETING DIRECTOR Matthew Cianfarani DATA AND DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Tom Pollard PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Richard Hamshere / 01722 716997 PRODUCTION MANAGER Jon Redmayne SUBSCRIPTIONS DIRECTOR Sally Boettcher / 01722 716997 SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER Chris Hoskins / 01722 716997 GROUP COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Jon Benson PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Sian Harrington CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ben Allen CHAIRMAN Mark Allen © MA Business & Leisure Ltd, 2014. All rights reserved. ISSN 1350-9829. MA Business & Leisure Ltd is part of the Mark Allen Group www.markallengroup.com The paper used within this publication has been sourced from Chain-of-Custody certified manufacturers, operating within international environmental standards, to ensure sustainable sourcing of the raw materials, sustainable production and to minimise our carbon footprint. The January issue of Gramophone is on sale from January 4; the February issue will be on sale from January 30 (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. Printed in England by Wyndeham Heron. ISSN 0017-310X. © 2014, MA Business & Leisure Limited. All rights reserved North American edition: Gramophone, USPS 881080, is published monthly with an additional issue in September by MA Business and Leisure Limited, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB, United Kingdom. The US annual subscription price is $89. Airfreight and mailing in the USA by agent named Air Business, c/o Worldnet Shipping Inc., 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Periodicals postage paid at Jamaica NY 11431. Subscription records are maintained at Dovetail Services (UK) Limited, 800 Guillat Avenue, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne ME9 8GU United Kingdom. Air Business Ltd is acting as our mailing agent. GRAMOPHONE CHOICE The 12 most highly recommended recordings of the month 7 FOR THE RECORD The latest classical music news 8 RECORDING OF THE MONTH 20 Sensational Schumann Violin Sonatas ORCHESTRAL Hough plays the Brahms concertos; Lintu’s Enescu cycle continues; new works from Anderson, Dean, Turnage and Lucier 24 CHAMBER 40 More Stenhammar from the Stenhammar Quartet; Mandelring’s Mendelssohn survey progresses; exploring two generations of Rebel composers INSTRUMENTAL 52 Liszt piano works from Lisitsa and Ohlsson; more Widor from Paris; Alexandre Tharaud plays encores; piano legend Gary Graffman celebrated VOCAL 64 National Youth Choirs sing Britten; two choirs sing Sheppard; marking 125 years of Truro Cathedral Choir; Schütz from Dresden OPERA 74 Glyndebourne issues its Eötvös opera; Glass’s Disney work on DVD; Kasper Holten’s Die tote  Stadt from Helsinki; a Verdi journey begins REPLAY 82 Second box of Schubert from the Amadeus Quartet; exploring EMI ‘Icon’ Paavo Berglund REISSUES 84 An overview of recent box-sets, including Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s complete Bach sacred cantatas BOOKS 86 Jeremy Nicholas on a new biography of ‘Chopin’s Prophet’ Vladimir de Pachmann; the relevance and weight of Wagner’s melodies examined GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION 92 David Gutman sifts through the available recordings of Borodin’s heroic Second Symphony WHEN CLASSICAL MEETS JAZZ 10 Philip Clark delves into the subject of jazz in classical music and asks whether classical composers can ever truly get it right SIR JOHN TAVENER 16 Ivan Moody traces the evolution of Tavener’s style; Caroline Gill reflects on the creation of The Veil of the Temple; plus, musical collaborators and friends of the great composer pay tribute THE MUSICIAN & THE SCORE 39 Nikolai Lugansky and Geoffrey Norris untangle the knots of notes in Prokofiev’s Third Concerto SESSION REPORT Pianist Kit Armstrong records his muchanticipated solo debut for Sony Classical 50 ICONS Philip Kennicott on the ‘lion of early music’: harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt 62 CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS 72 Geraint Lewis surveys the key works and recordings of Robin Holloway – a true individual MUSICIAN’S DIARY 81 Record producer Andrew Keener on collaborating with Sir Neville Marriner and Daniel Barenboim CLASSICS RECONSIDERED 88 Rob Cowan and David Threasher discuss Toscanini’s Verdi Requiem from 1951 THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE 90 James Jolly is your guide through the world of scenas and solo canatas written for the concert hall MUSICAL JOURNEYS 99 Dame Felicity Lott’s final Wigmore Hall recital; Martha Argerich and friends in Paris HIGH FIDELITY 103 A round-up of the best hi-fi products of 2013 plus reviews of Meridian’s Director DAC and Peachtree Audio’s nova125 amplifier NEW RELEASES 114 REVIEWS INDEX 116 LETTERS & OBITUARIES 119 MY MUSIC 122 Pharmacologist and philanthropist Sir Ralph Kohn on his baritone aspirations and the music of Bach 4 GRAMOPHONE JANUARY 2014 gramophone.co.uk
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JANUARY 2014 RELEASES FROM WARNER CLASSICS AND ERATO 2564634845 WIND QUINTETS Les Vents Français This 2CD set features star flautist Emmanuel Pahud and his Les Vents Français colleagues performing a range of French repertoire by composers such as Jolivet, Ibert, Milhaud and Ravel alongside 20th Century repertoire by Barber, Hindemith, Ligeti and more. 2564634929 BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE VIOLIN SONATAS Daishin Kashimoto Warner Classics presents a 4CD set of this popular repertoire performed by the 1st concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker accompanied by the distinguished Russian pianist Konstantin Lifschitz. 14 CD 2564641038 CHANTICLEER How swe e t t h e s o u n d HOW SWEET THE SOUND Chanticleer This 14CD set from Teldec sees "the world's reigning male chorus" (The New Yorker) present repertoire ranging from Renaissance to jazz and from gospel to new music. The group is celebrated around the world for its seamless blend of twelve male voices. 2564635295 OPERA ARIAS Kiri Te Kanawa Ahead of her 70th birthday celebrations in March, Warner Classics releases this 4CD tribute album to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of opera’s most celebrated contemporary figures. The four disc set brings together her recordings of popular Italian, French and German opera arias. 2564634928 THE OTHER RICHARD STRAUSS Various artists Continuing the label’s celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth, this 3CD set presents a range of lesser-known works across the symphonic, vocal and chamber music genres. 2564636914 LES CONTES D’HOFFMAN Natalie Dessay French opera star Natalie Dessay is reunited with director Laurent Pelly in this production from Barcelona’s Liceu opera house in early 2013. This DVD joins the Erato catalogue alongside other successful productions such as La Fille du régiment, Pelléas et Mélisande and Giulio Cesare, also starring Dessay with Pelly as director. www.warnerclassics.com Marketed and distributed by Warner Classics UK. A division of Warner Music UK Ltd.

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GRAMOPHONE is published by Mark Allen Group, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London, SE24 0PB, United Kingdom. gramophone.co.uk email gramophone@markallengroup.com Volume 91 Number 1105 EDITORIAL Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone@markallengroup.com EDITOR Martin Cullingford DEPUTY EDITOR Sarah Kirkup / 020 7501 6365 REVIEWS EDITOR Andrew Mellor / 020 7501 6367 FEATURES EDITOR James McCarthy / 020 7501 6366 SUB-EDITOR David Threasher / 020 7501 6370 ART DIRECTOR Dinah Lone / 020 7501 6689 PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson / 020 7501 6369 AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee LIBRARIAN Richard Farr THANKS TO Marija �uric´ Speare and Hannah Nepil EDITOR-IN-CHIEF James Jolly

ADVERTISING Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone.ads@markallengroup.com SALES MANAGER Esther Zuke / 020 7501 6368 SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE Luke Battersby / 020 7501 6373 DISPLAY SALES EXECUTIVE Oli Galvin / 020 7501 6363

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BACK ISSUES 0844 848 8823 (UK) +44 (0)1795 592980 (overseas) gramophone@servicehelpline.co.uk

PUBLISHING Phone 020 7738 5454 BRAND MANAGER Luca Da Re / 020 7501 6362 PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE Rachel Cramond / 020 7501 6372 DIGITAL AND MARKETING DIRECTOR Matthew Cianfarani DATA AND DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Tom Pollard PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Richard Hamshere / 01722 716997 PRODUCTION MANAGER Jon Redmayne SUBSCRIPTIONS DIRECTOR Sally Boettcher / 01722 716997 SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER Chris Hoskins / 01722 716997 GROUP COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Jon Benson PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Sian Harrington CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ben Allen CHAIRMAN Mark Allen

© MA Business & Leisure Ltd, 2014. All rights reserved. ISSN 1350-9829. MA Business & Leisure Ltd is part of the Mark Allen Group www.markallengroup.com

The paper used within this publication has been sourced from Chain-of-Custody certified manufacturers, operating within international environmental standards, to ensure sustainable sourcing of the raw materials, sustainable production and to minimise our carbon footprint.

The January issue of Gramophone is on sale from January 4; the February issue will be on sale from January 30 (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. Printed in England by Wyndeham Heron. ISSN 0017-310X. © 2014, MA Business & Leisure Limited. All rights reserved North American edition: Gramophone, USPS 881080, is published monthly with an additional issue in September by MA Business and Leisure Limited, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB, United Kingdom. The US annual subscription price is $89. Airfreight and mailing in the USA by agent named Air Business, c/o Worldnet Shipping Inc., 156-15, 146th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jamaica, NY 11434, USA. Periodicals postage paid at Jamaica NY 11431. Subscription records are maintained at Dovetail Services (UK) Limited, 800 Guillat Avenue, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne ME9 8GU United Kingdom. Air Business Ltd is acting as our mailing agent.

GRAMOPHONE CHOICE

The 12 most highly recommended recordings of the month

7

FOR THE RECORD

The latest classical music news

8

RECORDING OF THE MONTH 20 Sensational Schumann Violin Sonatas

ORCHESTRAL

Hough plays the Brahms concertos; Lintu’s Enescu cycle continues; new works from Anderson, Dean, Turnage and Lucier

24

CHAMBER

40

More Stenhammar from the Stenhammar Quartet; Mandelring’s Mendelssohn survey progresses; exploring two generations of Rebel composers

INSTRUMENTAL

52

Liszt piano works from Lisitsa and Ohlsson; more Widor from Paris; Alexandre Tharaud plays encores; piano legend Gary Graffman celebrated

VOCAL

64

National Youth Choirs sing Britten; two choirs sing Sheppard; marking 125 years of Truro Cathedral Choir; Schütz from Dresden

OPERA

74

Glyndebourne issues its Eötvös opera; Glass’s Disney work on DVD; Kasper Holten’s Die tote  Stadt from Helsinki; a Verdi journey begins

REPLAY

82

Second box of Schubert from the Amadeus Quartet; exploring EMI ‘Icon’ Paavo Berglund

REISSUES

84

An overview of recent box-sets, including Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s complete Bach sacred cantatas

BOOKS

86

Jeremy Nicholas on a new biography of ‘Chopin’s Prophet’ Vladimir de Pachmann; the relevance and weight of Wagner’s melodies examined

GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION 92 David Gutman sifts through the available recordings of Borodin’s heroic Second Symphony

WHEN CLASSICAL MEETS JAZZ 10 Philip Clark delves into the subject of jazz in classical music and asks whether classical composers can ever truly get it right

SIR JOHN TAVENER

16

Ivan Moody traces the evolution of Tavener’s style; Caroline Gill reflects on the creation of The Veil of the Temple; plus, musical collaborators and friends of the great composer pay tribute

THE MUSICIAN & THE SCORE 39 Nikolai Lugansky and Geoffrey Norris untangle the knots of notes in Prokofiev’s Third Concerto

SESSION REPORT

Pianist Kit Armstrong records his muchanticipated solo debut for Sony Classical

50

ICONS

Philip Kennicott on the ‘lion of early music’: harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt

62

CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS 72 Geraint Lewis surveys the key works and recordings of Robin Holloway – a true individual

MUSICIAN’S DIARY

81

Record producer Andrew Keener on collaborating with Sir Neville Marriner and Daniel Barenboim

CLASSICS RECONSIDERED 88 Rob Cowan and David Threasher discuss Toscanini’s Verdi Requiem from 1951

THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE 90 James Jolly is your guide through the world of scenas and solo canatas written for the concert hall

MUSICAL JOURNEYS

99

Dame Felicity Lott’s final Wigmore Hall recital; Martha Argerich and friends in Paris

HIGH FIDELITY

103

A round-up of the best hi-fi products of 2013 plus reviews of Meridian’s Director DAC and Peachtree Audio’s nova125 amplifier

NEW RELEASES

114

REVIEWS INDEX

116

LETTERS & OBITUARIES 119 MY MUSIC 122 Pharmacologist and philanthropist Sir Ralph Kohn on his baritone aspirations and the music of Bach

4 GRAMOPHONE JANUARY 2014

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