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...
If Will Todd wants to be ‘the new John Rutter’, as he has already extensively been touted, then this new...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2014
This release follows on from two earlier Britten discs by the Emperor Quartet on BIS (A/10, 12/13), which together comprise...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 11/2014
The playing of the Camerata Nordica on this disc of music from between the wars is, in a word, sensational....
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2014
Charlie Siem’s new CD takes its title from a song composed by Herbert Spencer (1877-1944), a name that had me...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2014
In a world with no shortage of Vivaldi recorder concerto discs, avoiding the routine is a must. Some fail, some...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2014
First, Ein Heldenleben, remarkable primarily for the forward momentum of Ingo Metzmacher’s performance, the overall excellence of the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester’s...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2014
It goes without saying that this new LPO live disc enters a crowded field. What, then, justifies its release? For...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2014
Both pieces open on an auspicious pedal note but any notion that they were cut from the same cloth ends...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2014
The definition and dynamism that Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra have been bringing to their cycle of Schubert...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2014
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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