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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SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No 20. Piano Duets
The title ‘1828’ refers to Schubert’s final and astoundingly productive year, which brought forth the three duets and solo sonata...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2014
REICH Radio Rewrite
Over the years a significant number of rock and pop musicians have acknowledged their debt to Steve Reich, as seen...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 12/2014
ONSLOW Chamber Music
George Onslow’s natural melodic gift is enhanced here by the engagingly spontaneous playing of the Trio Portici and especially the...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2014
LANGGAARD String Quartets Nos 1 & 5
Gramophone’s conferment of Young Artists of the Year on the Nightingale Quartet is no less than these four intrepid artists...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2014
FAURÉ; PIERNÉ Piano Trios
Gabriel Pierné’s star seems to be in the ascendant at the moment. A few months back there was a fine...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2014
FAURÉ; LEKEU; RAVEL Violin Sonatas
Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe give a passionate, full-blooded performance of the Lekeu Sonata, taking on board the 22 year-old...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 12/2014
FAURÉ; POULENC; FRANCK Violin Sonatas
It’s a shame that Saint-Saëns couldn’t have been as nice about Franck’s Violin Sonata as he was about Fauré’s (‘with...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 12/2014
ERICKSON Complete String Quartets
This is the first music by Robert Erickson (1917 97) that I have encountered (although New World has issued several...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2014
BOWEN String Quartets Nos 2 & 3. Phantasy
With each recording of York Bowen’s chamber music, it becomes clear just how accomplished a composer he was. The two...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2014
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No 13. Grosse Fuge
Initial brownie points on the issue of repeats, both in the first movement (fairly crucial in my view) and the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2014
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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