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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ORFF Carmina Burana
It was inevitable that a ripe choral warhorse such as Carmina Burana should now be worthy of a reassessment in...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 01/2015
C MATTHEWS Aftertones. No Man's Land
The Hallé’s association with Colin Matthews continues. Aftertones (2000) was a commission from the Huddersfield Choral Society, these ‘Three Landscapes...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2015
MASCAGNI Messa di Gloria
Pietro Mascagni’s work on his Messa di Gloria was interrupted in 1887 by his commission to write Cavalleria rusticana. Although...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2015
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
In Conversations with Carlos, Charles Barber describes the singular record of Kleiber conducting Mahler as ‘invaluable’. It’s a word I’d...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2015
DE LA RUE Requiem. Missa de Beata Virgine
Since this recording was first issued in 2004 there have been at least two new recordings of La Rue’s Requiem,...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 01/2015
ELGAR The Spirit of England. Arthur
This fascinating CD brings together the collaborations between Elgar and Laurence Binyon – the Spirit of England trilogy (performed complete...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 01/2015
DVOŘÁK Requiem
Buoyed by the enthusiastic reception afforded his Stabat mater by English choral societies and commissioned to set The Dream of...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 01/2015
BYRD Infelix ego
Penitence might be the prevailing theme on this disc but there’s nothing penitential in the experience of this exquisite recording. Herreweghe...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2015
BRAHMS Mass and Motets
These relaxed and often sensuous performances seem conceived to support the view that Brahms’s choral style is shaped more by...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2015
JS BACH Köthener Trauermusik
For Pygmalion’s debut disc on Harmonia Mundi – following a small but perfectly formed legacy of Bach recordings for Alpha...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 01/2015
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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