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Gramophone Magazine

Mar 01 2021
Magazine

Gramophone enriches your classical music experience and connects you with great recordings. Packed with features across all classical music genres, our globally acclaimed writers will inform and entertain you with independent and intelligent editorial and more than 150 reviews in every issue. Our reputation is founded on our acclaimed critical analyses of the latest CD releases, in-depth features and interviews with classical stars, and our comprehensive coverage of recorded and live music. Please Note: This price excludes VAT which will be added when you checkout.

The crucial role of reviewing in the modern age

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

Gramophone Magazine

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

RECORDING OF THE MONTH

FOR THE RECORD • Tenor Freddie De Tommaso joins Decca Classics

ONE TO WATCH • Toby Hughes Double bass

GRAMOPHONE Online • The magazine is just the beginning. Visit gramophone.co.uk for …

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Ksenija Sidorova on her Italian, custom-made ‘Pigini’ accordion

The Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra

GRAMOPHONE GUIDE TO Waltz • Richard Wigmore delves into the history of this refined offshoot of the Austrian Ländler

FROM WHERE I SIT • The Russian view and the Western view of Prokofiev symphonies sets Edward Seckerson thinking

Onwards & upwards • With multiple concerts and recordings each year, life’s busy for Renaud Capuçon – even in lockdown. Refusing to give up on himself or the young artists he supports, the violinist has launched several projects – not least an all-Elgar recording, he tells Charlotte Gardner

FINIDING LIGETI • His earliest attempts led to defeat, but a decade ago Danny Driver learnt to embrace fully Ligeti’s fiendish Études – first in concert and now on a new recording for Hyperion, he tells Harriet Smith

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • David Gutman is impressed by Hilary Hahn’s blend of musical cogency and cool precision on a highly personal album of three works that share a Parisian connection

Orchestral

GRAMOPHONE Focus LIVE MAHLER FROM BERLIN • Peter Quantrill on a multi-conductor cycle of Mahler’s symphonies from the Berlin Philharmonic, beautifully presented as a luxury box-set

Weber’s Der Freischütz • Conductor Laurence Equilbey enthuses to Richard Lawrence about this opera and its energy

Chamber

GRAMOPHONE Focus COMPLEMENTARY VIEWS OF HAYDN’S OP 76 • David Threasher hears the London Haydn and Chiaroscuro quartets play Haydn’s finest chamber music

DEFINING MOMENTS

Osian Ellis • In tribute to the Welsh harpist, who recently died at the age of 92, Geraint Lewis looks back at the career of the man internationally acknowledged as the leading harpist of his generation

Instrumental

GRAMOPHONE Focus THE ART OF JOSEF LHEVINNE • Jeremy Nicholas salutes the complete recordings – fleshed out with newly issued rarities – of a master pianist

JOLAS FACTS

Betsy Jolas • Her intriguing music defies formal analysis, which is exactly this French composer’s intention, says Richard Whitehouse

JOLAS IN RECORDINGS • Covering various genres and spanning her broad career

Vocal

GRAMOPHONE talks to ... Jodie Devos • The soprano discusses her latest album, with songs from England, France and her native Belgium

WHAT NEXT? • Do you have a favourite piece of music and want to explore further? Our monthly feature suggests some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some recommended versions. This month James Jolly’s point of departure is...


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Gramophone enriches your classical music experience and connects you with great recordings. Packed with features across all classical music genres, our globally acclaimed writers will inform and entertain you with independent and intelligent editorial and more than 150 reviews in every issue. Our reputation is founded on our acclaimed critical analyses of the latest CD releases, in-depth features and interviews with classical stars, and our comprehensive coverage of recorded and live music. Please Note: This price excludes VAT which will be added when you checkout.

The crucial role of reviewing in the modern age

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

Gramophone Magazine

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

RECORDING OF THE MONTH

FOR THE RECORD • Tenor Freddie De Tommaso joins Decca Classics

ONE TO WATCH • Toby Hughes Double bass

GRAMOPHONE Online • The magazine is just the beginning. Visit gramophone.co.uk for …

ARTISTS & their INSTRUMENTS • Ksenija Sidorova on her Italian, custom-made ‘Pigini’ accordion

The Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir • Our monthly series telling the story behind an orchestra

GRAMOPHONE GUIDE TO Waltz • Richard Wigmore delves into the history of this refined offshoot of the Austrian Ländler

FROM WHERE I SIT • The Russian view and the Western view of Prokofiev symphonies sets Edward Seckerson thinking

Onwards & upwards • With multiple concerts and recordings each year, life’s busy for Renaud Capuçon – even in lockdown. Refusing to give up on himself or the young artists he supports, the violinist has launched several projects – not least an all-Elgar recording, he tells Charlotte Gardner

FINIDING LIGETI • His earliest attempts led to defeat, but a decade ago Danny Driver learnt to embrace fully Ligeti’s fiendish Études – first in concert and now on a new recording for Hyperion, he tells Harriet Smith

GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE MONTH • David Gutman is impressed by Hilary Hahn’s blend of musical cogency and cool precision on a highly personal album of three works that share a Parisian connection

Orchestral

GRAMOPHONE Focus LIVE MAHLER FROM BERLIN • Peter Quantrill on a multi-conductor cycle of Mahler’s symphonies from the Berlin Philharmonic, beautifully presented as a luxury box-set

Weber’s Der Freischütz • Conductor Laurence Equilbey enthuses to Richard Lawrence about this opera and its energy

Chamber

GRAMOPHONE Focus COMPLEMENTARY VIEWS OF HAYDN’S OP 76 • David Threasher hears the London Haydn and Chiaroscuro quartets play Haydn’s finest chamber music

DEFINING MOMENTS

Osian Ellis • In tribute to the Welsh harpist, who recently died at the age of 92, Geraint Lewis looks back at the career of the man internationally acknowledged as the leading harpist of his generation

Instrumental

GRAMOPHONE Focus THE ART OF JOSEF LHEVINNE • Jeremy Nicholas salutes the complete recordings – fleshed out with newly issued rarities – of a master pianist

JOLAS FACTS

Betsy Jolas • Her intriguing music defies formal analysis, which is exactly this French composer’s intention, says Richard Whitehouse

JOLAS IN RECORDINGS • Covering various genres and spanning her broad career

Vocal

GRAMOPHONE talks to ... Jodie Devos • The soprano discusses her latest album, with songs from England, France and her native Belgium

WHAT NEXT? • Do you have a favourite piece of music and want to explore further? Our monthly feature suggests some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some recommended versions. This month James Jolly’s point of departure is...


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