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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A Quattro Cori: Music for 16 Voices
The 1783 trip to Italy of the musician and writer JF Reichardt had far-reaching implications. He returned to his native...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 09/2014
WESTBROOK Glad Day Live
Every time Mike Westbrook records Glad Day – his much loved settings of William Blake for two solo voices, choir...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 09/2014
SPOHR The Fall of Babylon
Some works don’t define their era but merely recall it. So listeners would have to be rather fascinated by the...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2014
SCHUBERT Winterreise
Though Schubert’s great song-cycle has had its day with period instruments, this recording has some differences that allow it to...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2014
PERGAMENT The Jewish Song
Moses Pergament (1893-1977) has been described as ‘one of the best-kept secrets of Swedish music’, although he was born in...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2014
PEREZ Mattutino de’ morti
The Neapolitan composer Davide Perez (1711 78) settled in Lisbon and his mastery earned him respect in London: he became...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2014
PENDERECKI Missa brevis. Psalms of David
By his own admission, the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has ‘spent decades searching for and discovering new sounds’. Nowhere are...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2014
PALESTRINA Missa Iam Christus Astra Ascenderat
The Sixteen’s Palestrina series marches on, following a formula now firmly established in earlier instalments: a Mass, a hymn, a...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2014
HANDEL Jeptha
Jephtha (1752) dramatises the folly, pride and penitence of the Hebrew general who rashly vows to Jehovah that if his...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2014
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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