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...
As pairings of composers go, there is a lot to commend Schubert and Weinberg. Apart from Schubert being one of...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 03/2024
This attractive CD is a fresh look at some of Prokofiev’s chamber repertoire, although I wondered whether ‘milestones’ is the...
Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 03/2024
This disc completes the suites ‘for My Cousin Kemble’ begun on Phantasm’s previous Matthew Locke recording (11/18) and twins them...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 03/2024
Métier continues its welcome coverage of Nicola LeFanu with this volume of four works spanning some 46 years of her...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2024
Crisp, brightly sharp-edged and powerful, vibrato-less and pleasantly dry, the opening chord of Haydn’s Piano Trio in E minor, HobXV:12,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 03/2024
If you were seeking to dispel the image of Gernsheim as an epigone of Brahms and a lesser-known contemporary of...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2024
In 2022 Naxos released a recording of Enescu’s 1909 Piano Quartet No 1 by an ensemble led by pianist Josu...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2024
‘The Joy of Cellos’ would be an appropriate subtitle for this elegant, playful, infectious recital curated by Elinor Frey. The...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 03/2024
You’d have to have a heart of stone not to be stopped in your tracks at the outset of this...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 03/2024
Writing in general terms, there seem to be two principal routes to the heart of these marvellous works, one relatively...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2024
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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