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...
It remains puzzling why so comparatively few big-name fiddle players include any Ernst in their repertoire. This latest addition to...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2015
Interesting the different available approaches to Op 106, among them the Prague Quartet, alert, vibrant, very full-on, The Lindsays and...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2015
Bernard Herrmann was not satisfied with being a film composer of genius: he wanted to conquer the concert hall too,...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 07/2015
Ensemble-in-residence at Belgium’s Cultureel Centrum Maasmechelen, the Parnassus Akademie was founded by cellist Michael Gross, best known for his work...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2015
This album comes from a pair of live recitals given at Alice Tully Hall in March. The three piano quartets...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2015
‘Placid and melodious’ is how The Record Guide (1951/55) described these clarinet sonatas, the verdict of placidity contradicted by many...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 07/2015
As Jorrit Tamminga amusingly recounts in his booklet-note, it was a chance encounter with Boulez that led to his musical...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2015
The Sei Terzettini were written over a period of about a year from 1793, 25 years after Boccherini arrived in...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 07/2015
Linn’s fast-building accumulation of core Baroque repertory continues here with the sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord, six wondrous works...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2015
Valentina Lisitsa’s emotionally charged and technically accomplished renditions of Chopin, Schumann and Rachmaninov et al have proved to be popular...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2015
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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