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...
I’ve already sung the praises of flautist-turned-conductor Jaime Martín in his Tritó coupling devoted to Catalan composers Juli Garreta and...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2015
There is no shortage of these Saint-Saëns works in the catalogue. Last year alone ZZT released all the music for...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2015
Niklaus von Flüe (‘Brother Klaus’, 1417 87) is the patron saint of Switzerland whose three recorded visions dominate the content...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2015
As pianist Kirill Gerstein discusses in this issue (see page 48), the new critical edition of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2015
The Lindberg-Pettersson project continues to go from strength to strength. After his revelatory recording of the Ninth Symphony (5/14), Lindberg...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2015
The concluding volume of Alan Gilbert’s Nielsen cycle fully matches up to its predecessors. In fact, taking the first movements...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2015
Dialogue in sound, from start to finish…that’s what these memorable performances are about. Time and again in both symphonies you...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2015
Perform K449 as conceived with oboes and horns – not just for strings as Mozart also sanctioned – and the...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 02/2015
Here we have something very special, and a good deal more than ‘just another Mahler Ninth’. ‘Just another Mahler Ninth’!...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2015
With this release – actually a reissue of a Smekkleysa disc from 2009 – BIS finally completes its survey of...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards 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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