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...
There are some noteworthy and lovely things about this recording. First, there is the mellow tone of the restored 1830s...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2014
To begin at the end: Paul O’Dette’s own tribute (Harmonia Mundi, 7/13) to that inspired miniaturist of the lute, Francesco...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2014
Playing as if before a small late-night audience of friends, Menahem Pressler gives us a warmth and speculation far removed...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2014
Vol 13 of Ronald Brautigam’s cycle encompassing Beethoven’s complete solo piano output sheds fresh light on familiar and relatively obscure...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014
Recorded between 1998 and 2001, and first released in two parts a decade ago, these four discs present all 48...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 08/2014
Listeners used to a wild and woolly Bach Chromatic Fantasia might find Steven Devine’s italicised phrasing overly studied in the...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014
Aho’s writing for organ certainly betrays the same ear for instrumental colour as his orchestral works, and it is refreshing...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 08/2014
Lara Downes says ‘this music holds a nostalgia for another time in American music – a golden generation when concert...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 08/2014
‘The Silver Album’ has been made to mark ‘a level of artistic partnership that is rare, even in the highest...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 08/2014
Splendid news that one of the annual musical treats from EMI has been continued by Warner Classics but this selection...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2014
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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