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...
In 1816 Goethe received a package from Vienna containing a volume of songs by the young Franz Schubert. The Weimar...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2015
This important and exciting release from the Portland, Oregon-based 26-strong chamber choir is a notable successor to their ‘Good Friday...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2015
This new Gurrelieder, a follow-up in some ways to Hyperion’s well-received disc of Strauss tone-poems with the Gürzenich Orchestra (5/13),...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2015
The young Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado has established himself as one to watch in a series of impressive performances, recordings...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2015
The origins of the Innsbruck-based Wilten Boys’ Choir stretch back to the 13th century. Their director since 1991 has been...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2015
This second Onyx disc from Anne Schwanewilms follows on from a recital of songs by Liszt and Mahler (3/13) but...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2015
Rather like their Hyperion stablemates The Brabant Ensemble, Cinquecento make a speciality of championing lesser-known 16th-century composers. On this occasion,...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2015
A Frankfurt-based copyright lawyer and synagogue cantor, Max Kowalski (1882-1956) was a part-time composer of songs – over 200 in...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2015
Until reaching the climactic summit of Riverine Delusions – where bass drum thwacks overpower the remainder of the ensemble –...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 08/2015
For their second recording of the music of Loÿset Compère (their first was over twenty years ago – Metronome, 6/94),...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2015
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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