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CONTENTS Volume 95 Number 11 61 EDITORIAL Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone@markallengroup.com EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Martin Cullingford DEPUTY EDITOR Sarah Kirkup / 020 7501 6365 REVIEWS EDITOR Tim Parry / 020 7501 6367 ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR James McCarthy / 020 7501 6366 SUB-EDITOR David Threasher / 020 7501 6370 SUB-EDITOR Marija �uric´ Speare ART DIRECTOR Dinah Lone / 020 7501 6689 PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson / 020 7501 6369 AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee THANKS TO Hannah Nepil and Charlotte Gardner EDITOR-IN-CHIEF James Jolly ADVERTISING Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone.ads@markallengroup.com COMMERCIAL MANAGER Esther Zuke / 020 7501 6368 SALES EXECUTIVE Simon Davies / 020 7501 6373 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BACK ISSUES 0800 137201 (UK) +44 (0)1722 716997 (overseas) subscriptions@markallengroup.com PUBLISHING Phone 020 7738 5454 HEAD OF MARKETING AND DIGITAL STRATEGY Luca Da Re / 020 7501 6362 MARKETING MANAGER Edward Craggs / 020 7501 6384 GROUP INSTITUTIONAL SALES MANAGER Jas Atwal PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Richard Hamshere / 01722 716997 PRODUCTION MANAGER Jon Redmayne CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Sally Boettcher / 01722 716997 SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER Chris Hoskins / 01722 716997 EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Martin Cullingford PUBLISHING 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 May 2018 issue of Gramophone is on sale from April 25; the June issue will be on sale from May 23 (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 £64. Printed in England by Southernprint. North American edition (ISSN 0017-310X): Gramophone, USPS 881080, is published monthly with an additional issue in September by MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, 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. US Postmaster: Send address changes to Gramophone, Worldnet Shipping Inc. (see above). 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, 2018. 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. 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 of the month 7 RECORDING OF THE MONTH 30 Christian Tetzlaff is joined by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Hannu Lintu in compelling accounts of Bartók’s violin concertos FOR THE RECORD The latest classical music news 8 ORCHESTRAL Thielemann conducts Bruckner’s First Symphony; impressive Ferneyhough from Brabbins; François-Xavier Roth’s Ravel 32 CHAMBER 52 The Eybler Quartet play early Beethoven; John Jenkins from Fretwork; Zelenka Trio Sonatas INSTRUMENTAL Biss’s Beethoven; Franck organ works from Bjørn Boysen; James Rhodes’s latest album 66 VOCAL 76 Bernstein’s Mass from Philadelphia; Byrd motets from King’s; ceremonial music by William Hayes; Carloyn Dobbin sings Northern Irish songs OPERA 90 Meyerbeer’s La Prophète; Max Emanuel Cencic sings arias by Popora; classic Wagner reissues JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC 99 Reviews from our sister titles Jazzwise and Songlines REISSUES Karl Böhm’s complete opera recordings 102 BOX-SET ROUND-UP 105 REPLAY 106 The bel canto violin of Alfredo Campoli; Wandy Tworek; further violin treasures on DVD BIRGIT NILSSON AT 100 14 We celebrate the Swedish soprano’s legacy through the memories of her friends and colleagues – and, of course, her recordings RODERICK WILLIAMS 22 The engaging baritone tells us why he’s recorded Schubert’s Winterreise in English – and is then taking it on tour around schools ANDREW NETHSINGHA 26 As the St John’s College, Cambridge release a disc of Vaughan Williams, their Music Director explores the role of his choir in the modern age THE MUSICIAN & THE SCORE 50 Gabriel Schwabe talks Gramophone readers through the score of Schumann’s Cello Concerto ICONS 64 Ernest Lough’s treble solo on ‘Hear my prayer’ has been adored for generations: we tell his story CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS 74 An introduction to Olga Neuwirth, whose references range from Monteverdi to Miles Davis MUSICAL CONNECTIONS 101 From songs in translation to May-inspired music, James Jolly invites you on two listening journeys THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE 88 Paul Sacher’s major commissions explored CLASSICS RECONSIDERED 108 Two of our critics revisit Ivo Pogorelich’s 1983 DG recording of Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit BOOKS Stephen Walsh’s portrait of Debussy; a biography of the tenor Wilfred Brown 110 GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION 112 Mike Ashman guides us through the recorded history of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder REVIEWS INDEX 136 PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS 118 Our guide to what to watch – both live and online HIGH FIDELITY 121 Our monthly offering of audio news and reviews NOTES & LETTERS NEW RELEASES 130 132 MY MUSIC 138 Manuel Lobo Antunes, the Portuguese Ambassador to the UK, on his musical journey 4 GRAMOPHONE MAY 2018 gramophone.co.uk

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Volume 95 Number 11 61

EDITORIAL Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone@markallengroup.com EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Martin Cullingford DEPUTY EDITOR Sarah Kirkup / 020 7501 6365 REVIEWS EDITOR Tim Parry / 020 7501 6367 ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR James McCarthy / 020 7501 6366 SUB-EDITOR David Threasher / 020 7501 6370 SUB-EDITOR Marija �uric´ Speare ART DIRECTOR Dinah Lone / 020 7501 6689 PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson / 020 7501 6369 AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee THANKS TO Hannah Nepil and Charlotte Gardner EDITOR-IN-CHIEF James Jolly

ADVERTISING Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone.ads@markallengroup.com COMMERCIAL MANAGER Esther Zuke / 020 7501 6368 SALES EXECUTIVE Simon Davies / 020 7501 6373

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

PUBLISHING Phone 020 7738 5454 HEAD OF MARKETING AND DIGITAL STRATEGY Luca Da Re / 020 7501 6362 MARKETING MANAGER Edward Craggs / 020 7501 6384 GROUP INSTITUTIONAL SALES MANAGER Jas Atwal PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Richard Hamshere / 01722 716997 PRODUCTION MANAGER Jon Redmayne CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Sally Boettcher / 01722 716997 SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER Chris Hoskins / 01722 716997 EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Martin Cullingford PUBLISHING 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 May 2018 issue of Gramophone is on sale from April 25; the June issue will be on sale from May 23 (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 £64. Printed in England by Southernprint. North American edition (ISSN 0017-310X): Gramophone, USPS 881080, is published monthly with an additional issue in September by MA Music Leisure & Travel Ltd, 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. US Postmaster: Send address changes to Gramophone, Worldnet Shipping Inc. (see above). 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, 2018. 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. 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 of the month

7

RECORDING OF THE MONTH 30 Christian Tetzlaff is joined by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Hannu Lintu in compelling accounts of Bartók’s violin concertos

FOR THE RECORD

The latest classical music news

8

ORCHESTRAL

Thielemann conducts Bruckner’s First Symphony; impressive Ferneyhough from Brabbins; François-Xavier Roth’s Ravel

32

CHAMBER

52

The Eybler Quartet play early Beethoven; John Jenkins from Fretwork; Zelenka Trio Sonatas

INSTRUMENTAL

Biss’s Beethoven; Franck organ works from Bjørn Boysen; James Rhodes’s latest album

66

VOCAL

76

Bernstein’s Mass from Philadelphia; Byrd motets from King’s; ceremonial music by William Hayes; Carloyn Dobbin sings Northern Irish songs

OPERA

90

Meyerbeer’s La Prophète; Max Emanuel Cencic sings arias by Popora; classic Wagner reissues

JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC

99

Reviews from our sister titles Jazzwise and Songlines

REISSUES

Karl Böhm’s complete opera recordings

102

BOX-SET ROUND-UP

105

REPLAY

106

The bel canto violin of Alfredo Campoli; Wandy Tworek; further violin treasures on DVD

BIRGIT NILSSON AT 100 14 We celebrate the Swedish soprano’s legacy through the memories of her friends and colleagues – and, of course, her recordings

RODERICK WILLIAMS

22

The engaging baritone tells us why he’s recorded Schubert’s Winterreise in English – and is then taking it on tour around schools

ANDREW NETHSINGHA 26 As the St John’s College, Cambridge release a disc of Vaughan Williams, their Music Director explores the role of his choir in the modern age

THE MUSICIAN & THE SCORE 50 Gabriel Schwabe talks Gramophone readers through the score of Schumann’s Cello Concerto

ICONS

64

Ernest Lough’s treble solo on ‘Hear my prayer’ has been adored for generations: we tell his story

CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS 74 An introduction to Olga Neuwirth, whose references range from Monteverdi to Miles Davis

MUSICAL CONNECTIONS 101 From songs in translation to May-inspired music, James Jolly invites you on two listening journeys

THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE 88 Paul Sacher’s major commissions explored

CLASSICS RECONSIDERED 108 Two of our critics revisit Ivo Pogorelich’s 1983 DG recording of Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit

BOOKS

Stephen Walsh’s portrait of Debussy; a biography of the tenor Wilfred Brown

110

GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION 112 Mike Ashman guides us through the recorded history of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder

REVIEWS INDEX

136

PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS 118 Our guide to what to watch – both live and online

HIGH FIDELITY

121

Our monthly offering of audio news and reviews

NOTES & LETTERS

NEW RELEASES

130

132

MY MUSIC

138

Manuel Lobo Antunes, the Portuguese Ambassador to the UK, on his musical journey

4 GRAMOPHONE MAY 2018

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