Gramophone Magazine

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The wonderful breadth of musical excellence • Founded in 1923 by Sir Compton Mackenzie and Christopher Stone as ‘an organ of candid opinion for the numerous possessors of gramophones’

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

Gramophone Magazine • Volume 101 Number 1230

GRAMOPHONE Editor’s choice • Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews

FOR THE RECORD • Hyperion Records joins the streaming services

ONE TO WATCH • Su Yeon Kim Piano

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Potton Hall, Suffolk • In our latest piece exploring recording venues Tim Parry takes us to a much-used venue immersed in the peace of the Suffolk countryside

Paul Spicer • The author and conductor on his new biography of Sir Arthur Bliss

WHAT NEXT? • In our monthly guide to further listening, Richard Whitehouse takes as his starting point Beethoven’s Piano Sonata, Op 111, and explores its legacy

NEXT MONTH OCTOBER 2023

Keeper of the musical flame • Amid a feast of world-class music-making, James Jolly sits down with the Director of London’s Wigmore Hall, John Gilhooly to find out how this unique concert hall ticks

NOTES & LETTERS • Write to us at St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB or gramophone@markallengroup.com; email is preferable at this time

Letter of the Month

OBITUARIES

All in a day’s work • Whether she’s undertaking a Rachmaninov marathon or embracing new repertoire, Yuja Wang’s virtuosity and curiosity are as compelling as ever – and it all seems to come so naturally. Tim Parry meets her

STORY-TELLER • Conductor Gianandrea Noseda’s insatiable appetite for exploration and communication takes in Beethoven, neglected modern masters and more. David Patrick Stearns meets the unstoppable servant of the big idea

Making friends • Finding connections with artists, audiences, composers, instruments, the past, the present, life – even death: this is what defines the ever-inspiring Jordi Savall’s music-making. Lindsay Kemp meets him

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Mark Pullinger on a return visit by Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to Tchaikovsky’s Fifth, a recording that surpasses the high standards set by their previous account

Orchestral

A SINGLE-REED ASSORTMENT • David Threasher listens to some new recordings of Classical-era clarinet concertos and finds many gems beyond the familiar Mozart

Mozart’s First Piano Quartet, K478 • Francesca Dego and Federico Colli tell Charlotte Gardner about playing this pioneering work

Chamber

CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC

Vladimir Ashkenazy • Jed Distler takes our centenary series into the 1970s, a decade when the Russian émigré artist made many landmark recordings as a pianist and began to emerge as an equally respected conductor

Instrumental

MY CLASSICAL MUSIC

Sadie Harrison • Her work shows a diversity of approach, wide-ranging expression and a desire to embrace other cultures, finds Richard Whitehouse

Vocal

The History Boys • Mark Pullinger explores a range of web-based...