Gramophone January 2013 issue now on sale!
Hear excerpts from all of the month's Gramophone Choice recordings on the Gramophone Player
Wed 2nd January 2013
Gramophone's January 2013 issue is out now
The January issue of Gramophone is now on sale, in which we celebrate the waltz, from its 19th-century heyday to its role in contemporary culture.
Also this issue: Geraint Lewis investigates Sir Adrian Boult's championing of new British music; Michael McManus remembers Polish composer Witold Lutosławski; Christopher Purves describes the challenge of recording Handel's bass arias in Musician's Diary; tenor Rolando Villazón tapes Verdi arias and songs under Gianandrea Noseda in our Session Report; violinist James Ehnes delves into Bartók's Solo Sonata with Rob Cowan in The Musician and the Score; and the Gramophone editorial team choose their musical highlights of 2012.
The month’s new classical music releases are also reviewed by our expert critics – including our Recording of the Month, Vinci's Artaserse featuring Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cencic and Concerto Köln on Virgin Classics. Hear an excerpt below:
You can listen to excerpts from all of the month's Gramophone Choice recordings on the Gramophone Player.
For more about the new issue, visit this month's Gramophone magazine.
