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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HANDEL Teseo (Highlights)
In 2011 the Göttingen Handel Festival bid an emotional farewell to its long-serving Artistic Director Nicholas McGegan with a production...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2014
HANDEL Tamerlano
What a wonderful opera this is. Tamerlano comes between Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda: not nearly as well known as either,...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2014
DONIZETTI Maria Stuarda
This is one of the Met’s ‘Live in HD’ performances relayed to cinemas last year. It comes complete with the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2014
BIRTWISTLE Gawain
Birtwistle has always been fascinated by drama and the theatre, which began to manifest itself in compositions for the concert...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 08/2014
PROKOFIEV Violin Sonatas. Five Melodies
Writing in 1954, David Oistrakh, who was close to Prokofiev during the gestation of both the violin sonatas, made an...
Reviewed in issue 08/2014
Piano Reflections
Classic FM has been grooming the young pianist Ji Liu for his debut solo CD, leaving nothing to chance. The...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014
SCHUMANN Fantasy Op 17 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 10 & 30
Like its predecessors, the sixth release in Andreas Haefliger’s ‘Perspectives’ series of mixed recitals includes Beethoven sonatas, leading one to...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014
A Matthay Miscellany
Having already paid tribute to the many celebrated students of Tobias Matthay, APR continues with a two-disc set reminding you...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2014
Cameron Carpenter: If You Could Read my Mind
Bespangled organ shoes, tight jeans, a (clean) vest, a retro Mohican and a touch of mascara. How different to the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2014
Espana
Listening to this, the Italian-born guitarist Edoardo Catemario’s tribute to the repertoire that caused him to fall in love with...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2014
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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