GRAMOPHONE FEVEREIRO 2013

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THE GRAMOPHONE MONTH We’ve devoted the feature section of our February issue to celebrating the music of Verdi. Drawing on the unique insight of Verdi specialists such as Renée Fleming, Sir Mark Elder, Bryn Terfel and Gianandrea Noseda, as well as our own expert writers, we explore how he wrote the masterpieces he did, and recommend the recordings to hear. It’s out now, and we hope it will whet your appetite for the many major Verdi performances and releases 2013 offers. Elsewhere in this newsletter, find out what lies behind the latest classical music headlines, read an interview with cellist Alisa Weilerstein about recording Elgar's Cello Concerto under Daniel Barenboim, and listen to an excerpt from our new Recording of the Month, a beautiful performance of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil from the Latvian Radio Choir and Sigvards Kļava. Find out more Click here Martin Cullingford

NEWS

BBC NOW presents concerts for the deaf community The BBC National Orchestra of Wales will perform a series of free concerts in Cardiff on February 26 and 27, which aim to make orchestral music accessible to deaf and hard of hearing adults and children. read more

The Queen awards Regius Professorship of Music to Royal Holloway, University of London The Queen has awarded a Regius Professorship to the Department of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. The department is one of only a handful of universities to receive the royal award, which recognises outstanding research and teaching. read more

Guy Barker named BBC Concert Orchestra associate composer The BBC Concert Orchestra has named composer, arranger and jazz trumpeter Guy Barker as its new associate composer, replacing Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood. read more

THE GRAMOPHONE PLAYER

This month on the Gramophone Player The Gramophone Player opens with an excerpt from the February issue’s Recording of the Month: Rachmaninov's Vespers, All-Night Vigil, by the Latvian Radio Choir with conductor Sigvards Kļava (Ondine). Two very fine cellists are also represented: Christian Poltéra plays Barber's Cello Concerto (BIS) whilst Alisa Weilerstein's new recording of Elgar's Cello Concerto is coupled with Elliott Carter's Concerto (Decca). Lovers of Brahms's music are well catered for, too, with complete tracks from Jonathan Plowright's new recording of the Third Sonata (BIS) and Klaus Tennstedt leading the LPO in the First and Third Symphonies from 1994 (LPO). read more

FROM THE WEBSITE

In conversation with Alisa Weilerstein The cellist talks to Rebecca Schmid about recording Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Daniel Barenboim. read more

Classic Compton Mackenzie put-downs Incurring the wrath of Gramophone's first editor was never a good idea. A selection of classic editorial extracts from the 1920s and 1930s. read more

Lutosławski at 100 The first in a series of blogs by Michael McManus celebrating the Polish composer’s centenary in 2013. read more

ADVANCE REVIEW

Mussorgsky and Prokofiev piano works Steven Osborne delves deeper into Russian repertoire with Mussorgsky’sPictures at an Exhibition and Prokofiev’s Sarcasms and Visions fugitives. read more

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