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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LEFRANÇOIS Balnéaire: Chamber Music
It would be hard and probably undesirable to pin any sort of label on the music of Laurent Lefrançois, the...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2015
WOLF; GRIEG; JANÁČEK String Quartets
These young players based in New York boast a formidable range of accomplishments: perfect chording, beautifully matched tone, precise technical...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 02/2015
GRAUPNER Trio Sonatas
The 1990s fashion for dispensing as many recordings as possible of ‘newly discovered’ Baroque music did not always guarantee the...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 02/2015
FUENTES Space Factory III-VI
Arturo Fuentes is a Mexican composer born in 1975 currently living in Austria, whose music has attracted sufficient attention to...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 02/2015
DOHNÁNYI Piano Quintets
Two composers in particular spring out as influences on these two very different quintets: Schumann in Op 1, most specifically...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2015
Journey to Aldeburgh: Young Britten
It might have seemed that there could not be any more early works by Britten waiting to be discovered but...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 02/2015
BRAHMS Piano Trios
A feature of this issue is the inclusion of both versions of the Op 8 Trio – the original of...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 02/2015
BRAHMS Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3
These impressive performances come into direct competition with the set released last year by Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang. Recorded...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 02/2015
BEETHOVEN String Quartets Nos 7 - 11
It isn’t difficult to feel confident as the Cypress Quartet launch into the first movement of Op 59 No 1....
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 02/2015
The Usher Hall Organ Vol 2
Ten years on from his first recording for Delphian of the (then) newly restored Norman and Beard in the Usher...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2015
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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