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Gramophone Editor's Choices - December 2024
18th Dec 2024
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by 'open-hearted, elastic and generously phrased' Brahms cello sonatas from Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan on Pentatone.
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Pene Pati on Rodolfo (and rugby!)
17th Dec 2024
As he makes his Covent Garden debut in Puccini's La bohème, the ebullient Samoan tenor discusses why he finds Puccini's impoverished poet such a relatable character, playing for the Cardiff Saracens when he moved from New Zealand to study in Wales, and how Kiri Te Kanawa helped to kickstart his international career.
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David Önaç: Spirituals
17th Dec 2024
David Önaç talks about 'Spirituals', working with UK exam board ABRSM, and the importance of expanding your repertoire from early on in your musical journey.
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New Sheet Music Titles - December 17th
17th Dec 2024
Yann Tiersen's 'Rathlin from a Distance', Brett Dean's 'The Homage Etudes', solo piano music by Bach, Beethoven, and Backer Grøndahl, popular sheet music by Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, and works for string orchestra by Elgar and Tchaikovsky.
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Trio Bohémo on their debut recording of Smetana and Schubert
16th Dec 2024
The trio's members discuss the two composers featured on their critically acclaimed debut recording.
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Alexi Tuomarila - Departing the Wasteland
13th Dec 2024
Departing the Wasteland celebrates 20 years of Alexi Tuomarila's core trio, while marking a fresh creative direction in contemporary jazz composition. New faces join him on this latest release, adding richness and texture through electronics and synthesized tones.
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Tippett from Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
13th Dec 2024
Teeming with detail and infectious energy, these live recordings make superb cases for two works from the mid-1950s which had rocky starts in life: the Piano Concerto (with Steven Osborne on clear-headed form) and Symphony No. 2.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th December 2024
13th Dec 2024
Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie from Andris Nelsons in Boston, Bellini's I puritani starring Lisette Oropesa & Lawrence Brownlee, a Smetana bicentenary celebration from Petr Popelka in Prague, and the debut album from Lucy Illingworth (winner of Channel 4's The Piano).
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Bellini: I Puritani
Lawrence Brownlee (Lord Arturo Talbo), Lisette Oropesa (Elvira), Anthony Clark Evans (Sir Riccardo Forth), Riccardo Zanellato (Sir Giorgio Valton), Roxana Constantinescu (Enrichetta di Francia) Dresdner Philharmonie, MDR-Rundfunkchor, Riccardo Frizza
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New Release Round-Up - 13th December 2024
13th Dec 2024
This week features Tommy Whittle and Alan Barnes on the vibrant Straight Eight, Emily Remler’s poignant Cookin' at the Queens, Erik Palmberg’s introspective Faces, Nik Bärtsch’s grooving Spin with indie touches, and John-Paul Muir’s thoughtful Home Now.
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Debbie Wiseman on The Mirror and the Light
11th Dec 2024
With Peter Kosminsky's dramatisation of Hilary Mantel's towering Tudor trilogy set to draw to a harrowing close on Sunday evening, the composer of the soundtrack discusses finding the delicate balance between past and present - and bringing the inner workings of the inscrutable Thomas Cromwell's mind to life in music...
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New Music Book Publications - 11th December 2024
11th Dec 2024
A biography of lyricist Ira Gershwin, an exploration of the relationship of Wagner's music dramas to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, a companion to music in Australia, a study of Robert Schumann's chamber music, and a collection of essays questioning the concept of the composer in the middle ages.
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Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago
11th Dec 2024
Capturing two saxophone giants, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane, in a pivotal 1959 hard bop recording session that preceded by only a matter of months, some of the genre's most influential recordings.
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The Piatti Quartet on the string quartets of Joseph Phibbs
10th Dec 2024
The acclaimed quartet consider the works of contemporary composer Joseph Phibbs, with whom they share a close connection - having commissioned two of his four quartets and now recorded them all.
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François-Xavier Poizat on Ravel
9th Dec 2024
François-Xavier Poizat offers an insight into his love for Ravel, and his recordings of the composer's Complete Works with Piano (released earlier in November on Aparté). He also shares his admiration for Henle's painstaking work on their edition of Ravel's music.
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Festive Rutter from the Black Dyke Band and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
6th Dec 2024
The soundworlds of the brass band and the massed chorus combine in a glorious celebration of the Christmas music of John Rutter.
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Music Book Publications of the Year - Winners 2024
6th Dec 2024
After our awards ceremony in Leamington Spa last night, we are delighted to announce the five winners of our music book publications of 2024.
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Christmas New Releases 2024
6th Dec 2024
A festive programme built around Palestrina from The Bevan Family Consort, music for Christmas and winter by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Vaughan Williams's Carols From Herefordshire (in two different versions), and a new Christmas oratorio from Gabriel Jackson.
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Christmas with the Bevan Family Consort
Daisy Bevan (soprano), Agnes Bevan (soprano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Tess Bevan (vocalist), Lizzy Bevan (vocalist), Francis Bevan (vocalist), Dom Bevan (tenor), Harry Bevan (tenor), David Bevan (baritone), Henry Bevan (baritone), Hugh Bevan (bass-baritone), Benny Bevan (bass-baritone), Michael Bevan (bass-baritone), Dominic Bevan (tenor), Bevan Family Consort, Graham Ross
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Out Of/Into - Motion I
6th Dec 2024
Out Of/Into's debut album Motion I showcases the collective's progressive sound, featuring original compositions by its members; the album embodies the Blue Note ethos, celebrating the label's 85th anniversary.
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Cane or Synthetic Reeds? Pros and Cons
6th Dec 2024
Most clarinet and saxophone players will probably play on a reed made from cane. However, there are a growing number who are turning to synthetic reeds as a durable and consistent alternative. Here, we consider why you may choose one or the other, or maybe a mixture of the two.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th December 2024
6th Dec 2024
Orchestre Incandescent blends jazz and Baroque, Rasmus Sørensen cements his voice in modern jazz, Freddie Roach’s Good Move gets a deluxe reissue, Bill Evans' 1970 Kongsberg concert surfaces, and Tony Williams' Emergency! returns to vinyl, retaining its explosive energy.
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Rare Birds
Sylvaine Hélary (flute, voice), Jim Hart (instrumentalist, drums), Lynn Cassiers (instrumentalist, voice, electronics), Antonin Rayon (instrumentalist, keyboard), Christiane Bopp (instrumentalist, trombone), Elodie Pasquier (instrumentalist, clarinet), Maëlle Desbrosses (instrumentalist, viola), Guillaume Magne (instrumentalist, guitar), Chloé Lucas (instrumentalist, violone), Alexis Persigan (instrumentalist, trombone), l'Orchestre Incandescent
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