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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MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ZEMLINSKY 6 Gesänge
The first two instalments of Trevor Pinnock’s series with the RAM Soloists Ensemble featured whole Austro-German symphonies arranged in chamber...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2015
BRIAN Symphonies Nos 6, 28, 29 & 31
Mirabile dictu: a release of four Havergal Brian symphonies – cause for celebration in itself – two of which have...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2015
BRAHMS Symphony No 2. Serenade No 2
The eye is a great deceiver. Watch these Lucerne Festival Brahms performances and you might think you are in the...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2015
BIRTWISTLE Angel Fighter
As co-founder of the London Sinfonietta in 1968, David Atherton has been responsible for several Birtwistle premieres down the decades:...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 07/2015
Of Madness and Love
The booklet’s claim ‘inspired by William Shakespeare’ is only really true of the Roméo et Juliette excerpt and the Lear...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2015
BERLIOZ Harold in Italy
Chandos’s new release continues a potential Berlioz cycle from Sir Andrew, following his well-received Overtures disc with the Bergen Philharmonic...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2015
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 6. Egmont Overture
Listening to this entrancing and yet deeply affecting performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, it is easy see why, with all...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2015
BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
As ever with Martin Haselböck, the overall agenda on this disc centres firmly on historic performance practice. After his series...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2015
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
Recorded live in Riga in front of an exceptionally well-behaved audience, soloist Thomas Gould (leader of the Aurora Orchestra and...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2015
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 8. Violin Concerto
No sooner had I filed my review of Thomas Gould’s Riga version of the Beethoven Violin Concerto (see below) than...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2015
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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