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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RACHMANINOV Vespers
The commercial recording history of Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil stretches back only 50 years, with at least three outstanding versions having...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2015
MAYR Jacob a Labano fugiens (Jacob’s Flight from Laban)
Simon Mayr (1763 1845) had a dependability that kept him immune to the inspirational ups and downs and empty note-spinning...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 05/2015
MARTIN Jubilate Deo
The music of Matthew Martin (b1976) is haunted by the spirits of British composers who died while he was in...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 05/2015
MARENZIO Quinto libro di madrigali
Marenzio’s Quinto libro di madrigali a sei voci (1591) was dedicated to his Roman patron Virginio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano,...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2015
LEIGHTON Missa Brevis. Cucifixus pro nobis
Kenneth Leighton’s remarkably consistent musical style means that his characteristic traits, such as extensive use of chromaticism and syncopation, plus...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 05/2015
GRAUPNER Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust
Telemann claimed that while a law student he composed a psalm for St Thomas’s every fortnight. His earliest extant sacred...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2015
LA COUR Works for Choir and Organ
Listening to this disc gives you the impression that Niels la Cour is a composer who writes with an earnest...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 05/2015
BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte MOZART Masonic Cantata
An English Peter Schreier, albeit with a sweeter timbre, Mark Padmore combines an acute intelligence with an unvarnished directness in...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2015
Live from the Philharmonie
The Philharmonie de Paris, Western Europe’s newest concert hall, is about as far from the centre of France’s capital as...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05
MARTINŮ; STRAVINSKY; SHOSTAKOVICH; POULENC Music for Two Pianos
The Serbian-born sisters Lidija and Sanja Bizjak have devised a clever programme, pairing two concertos for two pianos and orchestra...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 05/2015
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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