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...
This is an exquisite performance of the Duruflé Requiem, beautifully evoking the inherent intimacy of the version with chamber orchestra...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 11/2014
This third helping of Eton Choirbook music will gladden all those interested in this fascinating repertory. The commitment shown to...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2014
The American soprano Nicole Cabell’s recording career has been a curious one. After winning the BBC Cardiff Singer of the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2014
This is an imaginative programme of settings of Marian texts by Nordic composers, including Anonymous (the Ave maris stella from...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2014
Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s new disc explores two potent strands of Russia’s musical fabric, folksong and Orthodox Church anthems, separated in this...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2014
The title ‘Pietà’ alludes to the Ospedale della Pietà, the girls’ orphanage in Venice with which Vivaldi was associated on...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2014
Verdi’s songs are worth searching out by those who already know the operas. Ramón Vargas, who has sung a dozen...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 11/2014
As I had never heard of this composer before and as my knowledge of Slovak poetry is as non-existent as...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2014
Jan Novák was born in Moravia in 1921 and, after many problems with the Communist authorities and travels abroad that...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/2014
Previous ABC releases from this popular Australian bass-baritone have included a Mozart album which shows off the lighter side of...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2014
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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