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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BORGSTRØM Fiskeren (Boye Hansen)
I’m all for full-scale operas that clock in under 90 minutes. And that’s far from the only good thing about...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2024
A Gardener’s World : Flowers in Song
It’s appropriate that Alessandro Fisher’s debut on Rubicon should be a recording of a recital he gave at Wigmore Hall...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 03/2024
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 'Retrospect'
Norman Del Mar’s version of In Windsor Forest (the cantata that Vaughan Williams compiled from his opera Sir John in...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2024
TOSTI 'Sogno'
Italian-born Sir Paolo Tosti KCVO (1846-1916) was the toast of Victorian England, singing teacher to the royal family and the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2024
STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Asmik Grigorian)
Asmik Grigorian is undeniably one of the most exciting operatic talents on the scene today, as formidable performances as Salome,...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2024
'Richard: Strauss & Wagner'
Nearly three years after I welcomed his fine disc of Strauss songs built around the humorous Krämerspiegel, Op 66 (7/21),...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2024
STANFORD ‘Cushendall – Irish Song Cycles’
Top billing on the booklet cover of this latest and most welcome Stanford release from Somm goes to the 1910...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2024
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin (Klaus Florian Vogt)
Heldentenors have a surprisingly respectable recorded history in the most introspective of Schubert lieder, and Klaus Florian Vogt has the...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2024
Angela Gheorghiu: A Te, Puccini
The discovery of a lost Puccini song might prompt shrugs from those who don’t know the composer actually wrote any....
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2024
MOZART Requiem (Jansons)
Mariss Jansons recorded the Requiem in concert in Amsterdam a little under six years before this Munich performance, with two...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2024
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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