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...
William Faulkes (1863-1933), a near contemporary of Elgar and a fine concert organist in his own right, spent most of...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2015
Ex-Curtis and Juilliard, Andrew Tyson won fifth prize at the 2012 Leeds Competition. And now he enters a crowded arena...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2015
Modern pianists who try to imitate the great Romantic keyboard giants often wind up sounding like caricatures of the real...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2015
Sarah Beth Briggs sandwiches Chopin between Debussy, an appropriate setting when you consider Debussy’s love of Chopin. Not only did...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 03/2015
As with the three string quartets, it is an interesting exercise to listen to all three of Britten’s cello suites...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2015
The Italian composer Angelo Michele Bartolotti, who died sometime after 1668 and who was closely associated with the court of...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2015
Jean Rondeau’s programme largely consists of Bach works for other instruments, transcribed for harpsichord by the composer and others. Rondeau...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2015
The overt references to the Bach unaccompanied works for violin in Eugène Ysaÿe’s Solo Sonatas mean that the pairing of...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2015
In Anna Gourari’s hands, the quirky, caustic, cameo-like and seemingly spontaneous qualities of Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives become monumental, aloof and...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2015
Ten arias by three Italian composers (and the Austrian Fux), all of whom were active in Vienna during the first...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2015
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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