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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MESSIAEN Poèmes pour Mi DELBOS L'Âme en Bourgeon
Messiaen’s song-cycle Poèmes pour Mi and his first wife Claire Delbos’s L’âme en bourgeon were premiered in the same Paris...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2014
BERLIOZ La Captive
The trend towards casting Berlioz with lighter voices, often with singers more seasoned in chronologically earlier repertoire, takes a fruitful...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2014
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis
Where Beethoven’s Missa solemnis is concerned, only the big beasts of the musical jungle need apply. Georg Solti was one...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 09/2014
Végh in Hungary
In my experience there are only two conductors who could have delivered these pungent, characterful and lovingly played performances, Pablo...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2014
Horizon 5
In this latest collection of RCO commissions or co-commissions, the two longest works – by Kaija Saariaho and Detlev Glanert...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 09/2014
SHCHEDRIN Concerto Parlando TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
It’s always rewarding to encounter a musician of the calibre and risk-taking flair of Philippe Graffin. Rest assured, there are...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2014
Ballet Music
This partnership’s debut recording of French repertoire for Pentatone (7/14) left a most favourable impression, which is now enhanced further...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2014
Balkan Fever
This is fun, primarily because of a touch of ‘premature congratulation’ towards the end of Enescu’s First Romanian Rhapsody. The...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2014
The Bach Sons
On the face of it, this conspectus of keyboard works by JS Bach’s most talented sons should help the uninitiated...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2014
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade BALAKIREV Islamey
The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (Borusan is the group of companies that sponsored it) has in its 15 years of...
Reviewed by John Warrack 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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