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CONTENTS Volume 99 Number 1207 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 EDITOR David Threasher SUB EDITOR Marija uric´ Speare ART DIRECTOR Dinah Lone PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee EDITOR IN CHIEF James Jolly WITH THANKS TO Emma Baker, Jo Frost ADVERTISING Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone.ads@markallengroup.com 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 AND DIGITAL STRATEGY Luca Da Rè / 020 7501 6362 MARKETING MANAGER 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 November issue will be on sale from November 10; the December issue will be on sale from December 8 (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 £70. 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 $89. 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, 2021. 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 Edward Seckerson applauds the stunning advocacy of two symphonies by Florence Price from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, a leading example of a wider revival ORCHESTRAL Bold Bach Brandenburgs from Berlin; Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s farewell from Zurich; symphonies by Ja-nis Ivanovs; Schumann’s cello music CHAMBER Arcangelo play Buxtehude; the Takács Quartet’s Mendelssohn; Jennifer Pike’s Polish odyssey INSTRUMENTAL Rana’s impressive Chopin; Anna Lapwood from Ely Cathedral; Trifonov and Gorini play Bach VOCAL Julia Sitkovetsky sings Elgar; Respighi from Ian Bostridge; a Baroque round-up OPERA Bellini’s I Puritani; Jommelli’s Il Vologeso JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC Reviews from our sister titles Jazzwise and Songlines ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS Jed Distler on pianists in Europe and America REISSUES John Eliot Gardiner and Wilhelm Furtwängler BOX-SET ROUND-UP REPLAY Rob Cowan on recent releases from the archives CLASSICS RECONSIDERED Peter Quantrill and David Threasher dust down their copies of Hogwood’s large-scale Creation BOOKS Operetta in Vienna; Franz Welser-Möst GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION David Gutman surveys the recorded catalogue of Shostakovich’s most popular symphony, the Fifth REVIEWS INDEX FOR THE RECORD All the latest classical music news UNFLINCHING NETREBKO For her new album, the Russian soprano performs arias by Wagner, Purcell and others that have pushed her beyond her comfort zone and made her look death in the eye, she tells Mark Pullinger KANNEH-MASONS UNITE For their first duo recording, the cellist Sheku and pianist Isata join forces for cello sonatas by Rachmaninov and Barber. The siblings talk to Jeremy Nicholas about the joys of this new project APPRAISING FLORENCE PRICE Thanks to a terrific new recording of two of her symphonies by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and ongoing research by two committed Price scholars, the African American composer is finally receiving the credit she deserves, finds Andrew Farach-Colton MUSICIAN AND THE SCORE Richard Bratby talks to violinist Jack Liebeck about the challenges – and sheer joy – of interpreting Ysaÿe’s Second Violin Sonata ICONS Rob Cowan celebrates the achievements – and controversies – of Dutch conductor and ‘Horowitz of the orchestra’ Willem Mengelberg CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERD Richard Whitehouse explores the visceral output of Japanese-English composer Dai Fujikura WHAT NEXT? Josquin’s Missa Hercules dux Ferrarie marks the start of Fabrice Fitch’s listening journey this month HIGH FIDELITY LETTERS NEW RELEASES MY MUSIC Clean Bandit co-founder and cellist Grace Chatto on the joy of playing in string quartets, and the importance of inspirational teachers 4 GRAMOPHONE NOVEMBER 2021 gramophone.co.uk

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CONTENTS Volume 99 Number 1207 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 EDITOR David Threasher SUB EDITOR Marija uric´ Speare ART DIRECTOR Dinah Lone PICTURE EDITOR Sunita Sharma-Gibson AUDIO EDITOR Andrew Everard EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Libby McPhee EDITOR IN CHIEF James Jolly WITH THANKS TO Emma Baker, Jo Frost ADVERTISING Phone 020 7738 5454 Fax 020 7733 2325 email gramophone.ads@markallengroup.com 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 AND DIGITAL STRATEGY Luca Da Rè / 020 7501 6362 MARKETING MANAGER 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 November issue will be on sale from November 10; the December issue will be on sale from December 8 (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 £70. 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 $89. 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, 2021. 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 Edward Seckerson applauds the stunning advocacy of two symphonies by Florence Price from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, a leading example of a wider revival

ORCHESTRAL

Bold Bach Brandenburgs from Berlin; Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s farewell from Zurich; symphonies by Ja-nis Ivanovs; Schumann’s cello music

CHAMBER

Arcangelo play Buxtehude; the Takács Quartet’s Mendelssohn; Jennifer Pike’s Polish odyssey

INSTRUMENTAL

Rana’s impressive Chopin; Anna Lapwood from Ely Cathedral; Trifonov and Gorini play Bach

VOCAL

Julia Sitkovetsky sings Elgar; Respighi from Ian Bostridge; a Baroque round-up

OPERA

Bellini’s I Puritani; Jommelli’s Il Vologeso

JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC

Reviews from our sister titles Jazzwise and Songlines

ONLINE CONCERTS & EVENTS Jed Distler on pianists in Europe and America

REISSUES

John Eliot Gardiner and Wilhelm Furtwängler

BOX-SET ROUND-UP

REPLAY

Rob Cowan on recent releases from the archives

CLASSICS RECONSIDERED Peter Quantrill and David Threasher dust down their copies of Hogwood’s large-scale Creation

BOOKS

Operetta in Vienna; Franz Welser-Möst

GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION David Gutman surveys the recorded catalogue of Shostakovich’s most popular symphony, the Fifth

REVIEWS INDEX

FOR THE RECORD

All the latest classical music news

UNFLINCHING NETREBKO For her new album, the Russian soprano performs arias by Wagner, Purcell and others that have pushed her beyond her comfort zone and made her look death in the eye, she tells Mark Pullinger

KANNEH-MASONS UNITE For their first duo recording, the cellist Sheku and pianist Isata join forces for cello sonatas by Rachmaninov and Barber. The siblings talk to Jeremy Nicholas about the joys of this new project

APPRAISING FLORENCE PRICE Thanks to a terrific new recording of two of her symphonies by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and ongoing research by two committed Price scholars, the African American composer is finally receiving the credit she deserves, finds Andrew Farach-Colton MUSICIAN AND THE SCORE Richard Bratby talks to violinist Jack Liebeck about the challenges – and sheer joy – of interpreting Ysaÿe’s Second Violin Sonata ICONS Rob Cowan celebrates the achievements – and controversies – of Dutch conductor and ‘Horowitz of the orchestra’ Willem Mengelberg

CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERD Richard Whitehouse explores the visceral output of Japanese-English composer Dai Fujikura

WHAT NEXT?

Josquin’s Missa Hercules dux Ferrarie marks the start of Fabrice Fitch’s listening journey this month HIGH FIDELITY LETTERS NEW RELEASES MY MUSIC Clean Bandit co-founder and cellist Grace Chatto on the joy of playing in string quartets, and the importance of inspirational teachers

4 GRAMOPHONE NOVEMBER 2021

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