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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HODGKINSON Onsets
Like many rock musicians who managed to piggyback their radical ideals off a 1970s music industry still prepared to sign...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 10/2014
HINDEMITH Viola Works
Competition is hotting up in Hindemith’s viola sonatas. They have fared better than most of his works in this genre,...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2014
FRANZSON The Negotiation of context
A title with a message, a message worth pondering. Negotiating context is what good composers aspire to and what complacent...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 10/2014
JANÁČEK Violin Sonata DVOŘÁK Four Romantic Pieces
Jennifer Pike may only be 24 but she’s already an established figure on the music scene and, together with her...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2014
El Sistema at Salzburg
Venezuela’s El Sistema must bring a blush to the cheeks of most governments (especially here in the comparatively well heeled...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2014
Australian Guitar Concertos
This collection of guitar concertos largely inspired by Australia’s Top End is as much a tribute to Peter Sculthorpe, who...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2014
Hidden Treasures of Italy
'Hidden Treasures of Italy’ is what the Montreal-based Arion Baroque Orchestra have called this release; and indeed, when the most...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2014
Daniel Hope: Escape to Paradise
For ‘Escape to Paradise’, Daniel Hope has brought together two generations of composers who were and are linked indelibly to...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2014
Venice: The Golden Age
It is always a pleasure to hear the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, whatever they play. I say this because...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2014
Jeanne Lamon: Baroque Virtuoso
To commemorate Jeanne Lamon’s 33 years as Music Director of the Toronto-based Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, this issue is a compilation...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 10/2014
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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