Gramophone – September 2019

4 GRAMOPHONESEPTEMBER 2019 gramophone.co.uk

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FORTHERECORD 8

Allthelatestclassicalmusicnews,andmore

MUTTERRECORDSFILMMUSIC 16

TheacclaimedviolinistAnne-SophieMutterhas

recordedsomeofJohnWilliams’smostfamous

moviethemes,speciallytranscribedforherby

thecomposerhimself.NeilFishermeetsher

THEARTOFFILMCOMPOSING 22

Gramophone’sJamesMcCarthyexploreshow

thefilmcomposer’scrafthasevolved.Whatdoes

itmeantobeaworkingfilmcomposertoday?

WHOISKIRILLPETRENKO? 28

WhoexactlyistheBerlinPhilharmonic’snew

andelusiveChiefConductor,asksHugoShirley?

SEASONPREVIEW2019-20 32

Ourannualguidetothebestconcertscomingup

acrosstheUK,EuropeandNorthAmerica

MUSICIANANDTHESCORE 64

TheconductorAndrewLittonporesoverthe

scoreofHolst’sThePlanetswithPeterQuantrill

ICONS 76

JoshuaCohenpraisesErnstHaefliger,thetenor

whose100thbirthdaywouldhavebeenthisyear

CONTEMPORARYCOMPOSER 88

DavidSawerhasmadesignificantcontributions

tomusicforthetheatre, writes Arnold Whittall

WHATNEXT? 102

WithMessiaen’sTurangalîlaasourstartingpoint,

ourlisteningjourneytakesusfromHaydnand

ScriabintoWagnerandevenBirtwistle

PERFORMANCESAND EVENTS 130

HIGHFIDELITY 133

NOTESANDLETTERS 140

NEWRELEASES 142

MYMUSIC 146

JimMaxwellontheparallelsbetweengiving

amusical performance and cricket commentary

EDITOR’SCHOICE 7

The 12 mosthighlyrecommended recordings

reviewedinthisissue

RECORDINGOFTHEMONTH 48

DenisKozhukhinplaysaselectionofGrieg’s

LyricPiecesandMendelssohn’sSongswithout

Wordswiththesortofimaginativeflairthat

bringsmusicoflyricalsimplicity vividly to life

ORCHESTRAL 50

ApairoffineBerliozreleases;rareElgarfrom

MartinYatesandtheRoyalScottishNational

Orchestra;StewartGoodyearimpressesin

Gershwin;filmmusic by Gerard Schurmann

CHAMBER 66

MusicbyErikaFox;pianotriosbyMolique;

somedistinctiverecentBeethoven albums

INSTRUMENTAL 78

TwodifferentapproachestoFranck’sorgan

music;Francesco Piemontesi plays Liszt

VOCAL 90

BachcantatasfromGaechingerCantorey;

ClaraSchumann songs; a Schütz series concludes

OPERA 104

ACavallidouble-bill;DieZauberflötefrom

Salzburg;RichardFlury’sAFlorentine Tragedy

JAZZ&WORLDMUSIC 113

Reviewsfromoursister titlesJazzwise andSonglines

REISSUES 114

ThepioneeringNewMusicStringQuartet;

PhilippeEntremont’scompletesolo recordings

BOX-SETROUND-UP 117

REPLAY 118

AwonderfulportraitoftenorJohnMcCormack

CLASSICSRECONSIDERED 120

CharlotteGardnerandRobCowancompare

notesontheAlban Berg Quartet’s Schubert

BOOKS 122

Ahistoricalperformancereferencebook;

aguidetoMozart’sDieZauberflöte

GRAMOPHONECOLLECTION 124

Schumann’sSecondSymphony on record

REVIEWS INDEX 144