Echoes of Genius: From the Dawn of Electrical Recording to Hidden Violin Treasures
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
This fifth volume of The Cardinall’s Musick’s complete Tallis edition features a coherent English set made up of Preces and...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW2015
This release should be about several things: primarily Simon Rattle’s freshly confirmed artistic relationship with the LSO – this is...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW2015
Yes, the three of them do fit. It might seem an obvious piece of programming to bring together the three...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: AW2015
This mouth-watering programme of well-known anthems and unfamiliar works has the added attraction of new brass arrangements by Grayston Ives...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: AW2015
If you’ve never heard of Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804), I sympathise. One of music history’s forgotten men, he was revered...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2015
It was Johann Herbeck who had initially dismissed Bruckner’s F minor Mass as ‘too long and unsingable’, which is rich...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW2015
The harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham and her ensemble London Early Opera are not to be confused with Christian Curnyn’s longer-established Early...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2015
The Mark Morris Dance Company’s production of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato has toured all over the world...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2015
Bob Chilcott is the master of musical pragmatism, making the absolute most of limited forces and abilities. If that sounds...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW2015
Soile Isokoski has turned to the French repertoire for her latest album, and in some respects one wishes she had...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: AW2015
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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