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...
The opening bars tell you this is going to be a good ‘Pag Rhap’. As things turn out, it is...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2015
The young Chinese-born, Swedish-trained tenor Yinjia Gong finished his formal studies just three years ago. For him to be able...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2015
First performed in Munich in 1903, Die neugierigen Frauen – Le donne curiose to give it its original title –...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2015
Bayreuth’s 2011 Tannhäuser project – here offered in a live relay from the festival last summer – got off to...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 09/2015
Obtainable from the usual online sources, this live recording of the cycle from Wagner-year performances in Mannheim in 2013 is...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 09/2015
So here it is, the Rosenkavalier that launched a thousand blog posts. Or not quite, since this DVD was filmed...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2015
Composed in 1823, when Vienna was in the grip of a Rossini craze, Schubert’s last completed opera remained unperformed in...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2015
This live recording of Ravel’s second opera, recorded two years ago, has been issued to mark the 80th birthday of...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 09/2015
There have only been two previous references in these pages to the Finnish composer and teacher Veli-Matti Puumala, 50 this...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 09/2015
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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