Gramophone – September 2019

gramophone.co.uk GRAMOPHONE SEPTEMBER 20197

RECORDING

OF

THE

MONTH

A beautifully played,

personal selection of piano

miniatures from Denis

Kozhukhin touchingly

captures the poetic

nature of the form – that

immediate summoning of

a single emotion or mood.

GRIEGLyricPieces

MENDELSSOHN

SongswithoutWords

DenisKozhukhinpf

Pentatone

MICHELLE

ASSAY’S REVIEW

IS ON PAGE 48

Martin
Cullingford’s
pick of the inest
recordings from
this month’s
reviews

DVD/BLURAY

‘THEYOUNGDEBUSSY’

EdgarMoreauvcLondonSymphonyOrchestra/

François-XavierRoth

LSOLive

François-XavierRoth’sfirstconcertas

principalguestconductoroftheLondon

SymphonyOrchestracapturedforfilm.

REVIEWONPAGE 63

MAHLER
Symphony No 4
Soia Fominasop London
Philharmonic Orchestra /
Vladimir Jurowski
LPO
Vladimir Jurowski brings real attention
to detail, Mahler’s ideas brought out with
compelling clarity. Excellent playing
throughoutfromtheLPO.
REVIEW ON PAGE 56

HOLLIGER. KURTÁG
Zwiegespräche
Heinz Holligerob et al
ECM New Series
A celebration of a
fascinating fi gure for
his 80th birthday: composer, conductor
and oboist Heinz Holliger. Works and
performances of sometimes breathtaking
immediacyandintimacy.
REVIEW ON PAGE 69

TCHAIKOVSKY Liturgy
of St John Chrysostom
Latvian Radio Choir /
Sigvards Kļava
Ondine
The atmosphere and
context – music as extraordinary religious
expression – is magisterially conveyed
here by a choir on top form, with sound
engineeringthatcapturesthemperfectly.
REVIEW ON PAGE 99

REISSUE/ARCHIVE

JEAN DOYEN

Recordings, 1930

Jean Doyenpf

APR

Aportrait of the

fastidiousFrenchpianist Jean Doyen

inperformancesfrom1930-43.

REVIEW ON PAGE 86

PROKOFIEV.

TCHAIKOVSKY

PianoConcertos

HaochenZhangpfLahti

SymphonyOrchestra/

DimaSlobodeniouk

BIS

HaochenZhang–aVanCliburnwinner–

performstheseworkswithimaginative

commandoftheirrequiredvirtuosity.

REVIEWONPAGE 60

JANÁČEKPianoWorks

JanBartošpf

Supraphon

JanBarto≈draws

youcloselyinto

Janá∂ek’scompelling

soundworld,musicbothexposedand

somehowpersonal,linesanddetails

deliveredfromtheverybeginningwith

imaginationanddeepthought.

REVIEWONPAGE 83

‘MESSESDE

BARCELONE

ETD’APT’

EnsembleGillesBinchois

/ DominiqueVellard

Evidence

ThevoicesandplayersofEnsembleGilles

Binchoistakeusbacktothe14thcentury

withperformancesofengagingcharacter,

charmandconviction.

REVIEW ON PAGE 101

CROES La sonate égarée

BarrocoTout

Linn

A debut disc – the

result of success at

the York Early Music

Competition – from a young Baroque

ensemble possessed of all the fl air, creative

rapport and passion required to make the

musicofthiserasuchathrillinglisten.

REVIEW ON PAGE 67

FINZI Choral Works

The Choir of Trinity

College, Cambridge /

Stephen Layton

Hyperion

Uplifting, moving,

poignant, triumphant – this gloriously,

lovingly performed recital of Finzi’s music

fully refl ects the breadth of the composer’s

masterlyskillatwritingforchoir.

REVIEW ON PAGE 91

KAMINSKY As One

Sols; Fry Street Quartet /

Steven Osgood

Bright Shiny Things

A modern opera

for minimal forces

(two singers, both playing the central

transgender character, and string quartet –

all bringing superb performances) from the

AmericancomposerLaura Kaminsky.

REVIEW ON PAGE 107

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