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...
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Michaela Schuster: Morgen!
The German mezzo Michaela Schuster is best known as an operatic animal, with a repertoire that includes big-hitting Wagner and...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2015
The Leiden Choirbooks Vol 6
The traversal of an idiosyncratic corner of 16th-century polyphony comes to an end with this double-CD, which focuses on the...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2015
Joyce & Tony
Joyce DiDonato concerts are never demure events. The question is how the addition of Antonio Pappano – and the overall...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2015
Hör, kristenhait!
Ever adventurous in their choice of programmes, for their sixth CD Ensemble Leones have chosen German medieval sacred music, mainly...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 09/2015
Ferveur, louange et passion
This programme was inspired by viol player Caroline Howald’s admiration for ‘Mein Freund ist mein und ich bin sein’ by...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2015
Karine Deshayes : Après un rêve
In part a homage to the fin-de-siècle salon, this is a disc of mélodies with ensemble accompaniment, and as such...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2015
SCHUBERT Songs Vol 2
Recorded some eight months after Ian Bostridge’s first Schubert volume on Wigmore Hall Live (8/14), this disc similarly mixes better-known...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2015
SCHOENBERG Pierrot Lunaire
In 2011 pianist Mitsuko Uchida led a suitably moonstruck performance of Schoenberg’s 1912 monodrama Pierrot lunaire at the Salzburg Festival....
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 09/2015
DE RORE Doulce Mémoire
Rore’s discography hardly reflects his stature, so the chance to hear one of his Masses in multiple interpretations is a...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2015
POULENC The Complete Songs Vol 5
The previous volumes in this series have concentrated on Poulenc’s songs with piano. Here, though, the musical horizons broaden out...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 09/2015
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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