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ENO, Britten Sinfonia, and the role they play • 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 100 Number 1221

EDITOR’S CHOICE • Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews

FOR THE RECORD

ONE TO WATCH

Online • The magazine is just the beginning.

Usher Hall, Edinburgh • In our series exploring recording venues Tim Parry explores a leading Scottish hall renowned as a festival venue with a rich and flexible sound

Handel and Haydn

Honens names 2022 winner

Film Music: a Gramophone guide

Will Fraser • The Director of Fugue State Films on his mission to champion organ music

WHAT NEXT? • In our guide to further listening, Andrew Farach-Colton takes as his starting point Rodrigo’s perennial Concierto de Aranjuez – where will his musical journey lead?

NEXT MONTH • JANUARY 2023

CARTE BLANCHE • Editor-in-Chief James Jolly reports from the Swedish capital and talks to Susanne Rydén as a new award winner is named by the Birgit Nilsson Prize jury

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

FRANCK at 200 • César Franck received very little recognition as a composer during his lifetime, although his extraordinary abilities as an organist were more widely acknowledged. Jeremy Nicholas demystifies both the man – born two centuries ago this month – and his music

FIVE ESSENTIAL FRANCK RECORDINGS • Many of his masterpieces heard in all their glory

SEASONAL ALBUMS on DELPHIAN

Critics’ Choice 2022 • As tradition demands, Gramophone’s critics each recommend a recording from the past year. If you’re after the perfect Christmas gift guide, look no further!

… AND FIVE CHOICES BY THE GRAMOPHONE TEAM TOO

New songs, new voices • David Threasher listens to a selection of this year’s seasonal offerings – from Oxbridge colleges to continental brass – in search of festive musical accompaniments

RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Harriet Smith is bowled over by astonishing performances by Paul Wee of two major orchestral works in highly pianistic yet deeply respectful piano transcriptions by Liszt and Alkan

Orchestral

Schumann’s Violin Sonata No 1 • Violinist Renaud Capuçon tells Charlotte Gardner about his approach to this impulsive work

Chamber

Edwin Fischer • Celebrating the qualities of his playing and the many and varied achievements of this Swiss pianist, Stephen Cera highlights the fact that he deserves greater recognition as an innovator

Instrumental

BACH AND EXPRESSION • Malcolm Riley is gripped by a detailed exploration of Bach’s organ music

A DOUBLE DOSE FROM HUSUM • Jeremy Nicholas enjoys two instalments from the festival of piano rarities

Meredith Monk • This US composer has continued to work in multiple art forms and to break the mould for more than 50 years, says Pwyll ap...