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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BURRY Baby Kintyre
Babies suffer a dire fate in opera – tossed into the fire (Il trovatore) or thrown under the ice (Jenůfa)...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2015
BIZET The Pearl Fishers
From Naples comes a less than sharp revival of Bizet’s best nearly-nearly opera. The Pearl Fishers is always worth hearing...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 03/2015
Les Vents Français: Winds and Piano
Two favourites (of mine, at any rate) frame this three-CD set of wind-ensemble pieces from Les Vents Français. The fact...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 03/2015
La Vida Breve
What initially looks like a marginally relevant disc turns out to be a deceptively smart, feel-good collection that also solves...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2015
Tabea Zimmermann: Romance oubliée
This collection of Romantic pieces is remarkable for the outstanding quality of the playing. Tabea Zimmermann and Thomas Hoppe give...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 03/2015
The English Phantasy
Given the richness and uniqueness of much of the chamber music motivated by the Cobbett Competition (instigated in 1905), it...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 03/2015
NONO Seguente
There was a period in my life when I would regularly overdose on late-period Luigi Nono. The all-encompassing scope of...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 03/2015
KREČIČ Architexture’ : Music for strings
When new music can’t be understood without the album notes, either the idiom is extremely foreign or the composer’s intentions...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2015
MOZART; IVES; VERDI String Quartets
The Schumann Quartet – not named after Robert but after the three brothers who are its violinists and cellist –...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 03/2015
HINDEMITH Sonatas for Horn, Cello, Trombone, Violin and Trumoet
If there is a Cinderella among Hindemith’s three dozen(ish) sonatas, it’s not that for double bass, tuba, or even the...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2015
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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