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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BLOCH Israel Symphony. Suite for Viola and Orchestra
It was with the works in his ‘Jewish cycle’ that Bloch established his creative personality after an apprenticeship gleaning what...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2014
BLACKFORD The Great Animal Orchestra SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals
The Great Animal Orchestra was premiered this summer at the Cheltenham Festival and this recording was made a few days...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2014
CHERUBINI Symphony BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture
The genre of rescue opera runs as a subtextual thread through this intriguing programme, a welcome throwback to more exploratory...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2014
BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Concertos
These six – yes, six – Beethoven piano concertos were recorded over a period of years and in different locations....
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2014
BAADSVIK; LINDBERG Tuba Concertos
This is Øystein Baadsvik’s third tuba concerto disc for BIS, previous instalments featuring 20th-century and 21st-century repertoire. The three works...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2014
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Last year’s new Salzburg Meistersinger plays in the uniform historical setting of the pre-1848 German Biedermeier era. Herheim, his designers...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 10/2014
STRAUSS Elektra
In my Gramophone Collection on Elektra (9/13), five of the recordings were conducted by Karl Böhm. This one, from the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 10/2014
SPONTINI La Fuga in Maschera
The first 25 years of Gaspare Spontini’s life, before he moved to Paris, are pretty poorly documented but this new...
Reviewed in issue 10/2014
MOZART Die Entführung aus dem Serail
It seems ironic to be sitting down to watch an ambulatory opera production from the comfort of one’s armchair. The...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman 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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