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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O DAVIS Flight. Voyager. Airborne Dances
Mainly set down in one session, Oliver Davis’s ‘Flight’ is a loose concept built around the violin-playing of Kerenza Peacock....
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2015
CASTIGLIONI La Buranella. Altisonanza
Three facets of Castiglioni’s homage to the past are represented on this disc from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, joined...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2015
BRUCKNER Symphony No 3
To recap: in Gramophone’s March 2015 issue, I nominated Bruckner’s Third Symphony as his most problematic score and suggested that...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 06/2015
BRIAN Symphonies Nos 9, 19 & 27
This disc is something special. It features some of Brian’s most attractive scores – including one of my very favourites,...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2015
BRAHMS; BRUCH Violin Concertos
Apart from bearing the title ‘Timeless’ and including several moody photos of David Garrett, this issue has no links to...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 06/2015
BOCCHERINI; HAYDN Las Passione
‘Even when not written out, a single bassoon is always present to double the basses. There was certainly no harpsichord...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 06/2015
JS BACH; SCHNITTKE Concertos for 2 Violins
The Nemtanu sisters – Sarah, leader of the French National Orchestra, and Deborah, leader of the Paris Chamber Orchestra –...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2015
CPE BACH Hamburg Symphonies
Unfettered personal feelings burst forth; calm mingling with turbulence and harmonic disruption leap off the page at every turn. Sakari...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 06/2015
ALBÉNIZ; GRANADOS Piano Concertos
This absorbing disc, the 65th in Hyperion’s endlessly enterprising ‘Romantic Piano Concerto’ series, juxtaposes the Albéniz Concerto with two first...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2015
SCHUBERT Sonatas, Impromptus & Moments Musicaux
This is something special and I urge everyone interested in the discography of Schubert’s piano music to hear it. Unsure...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 06/2015
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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