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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Sonatenabend
The pianist tells us in his introductory note that he has performed this programme many times in concert, ‘built around...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2015
Rubinstein Remembered
‘Rubinstein Remembered’ was originally broadcast in 1987 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the pianist’s birth. It made its first...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2015
Montage
The six film composers represented on ‘Montage’ have between them amassed 72 Oscar nominations and eight wins. ‘But,’ ponders the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2015
Dana Zemtsov: Enigma
There are points in Dana Zemtsov’s performance of Michael Kugel’s Sonata-Poème where her double-stopping is so perfectly tuned, so varied...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 04/2015
Magdalena Zuk: Couleur de Temps
The young Polish pianist Magdalena Zuk here offers a beautifully balanced sequence of pieces centring on nine by Szymanowski. Plainly...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 04/2015
WHITLOCK Radio Broadcasts
Remember recording music from radio broadcasts on to tape cassettes? Here is the digital (and legal) equivalent. It is culled...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2015
TURINA El Castillo de Almodovar.Partita. Rincones de Sanlucar
Volume 10 continues Jordi Masó’s pilgrimage through Turina’s complete piano music. Less easily exportable than Falla, Albéniz, Granados or the...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 04/2015
SCRIABIN Complete Mazurkas
Scriabin’s 21 mazurkas are a loving and audacious tribute to Chopin. Audacious because, with the exception of Szymanowski (his 20...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 04/2015
SCHUBERT Works for Four Hands Vol 1
Having recorded Schubert’s complete piano music on period instruments, Jan Vermeulen now launches a cycle dedicated to the composer’s abundant...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2015
PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas Nos 9 & 10. Sonatinas. Cello Sonata
Even if Prokofiev sonata cycles are no longer rarer than hen’s teeth, Boris Berman’s 1990s Chandos sequence has remained a...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 04/2015
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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