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...
The Debussy String Quartet looks a little lonely on this new disc without the usual Ravel quartet next to it...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 08/2014
This disc of chamber and piano works by Augusta Read Thomas follows on from that of her orchestral music (4/14)...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2014
Shostakovich’s wartime Second Trio, such a powerful work, gets a splendid performance. From the opening, with its contrapuntal lines of...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 08/2014
Best known as arranger and multi-instrumentalist in the rock band Arcade Fire, Richard Reed Parry has also been building a...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2014
Here’s another absorbing volume of British masterworks for cello and piano, all three of which date from the 1940s and...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2014
The six quartets of Mendelssohn, along with the assorted other pieces for string quartet, form a firm point of reference...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 08/2014
Though certainly known among cellists, the three Martinů cello sonatas don’t turn up on chamber music programmes with the frequency...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 08/2014
For two discs of music by Fernando Lopes Graça (1906 93) to arrive for review simultaneously is a demonstration of...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2014
Kosmos for two pianos is Peter Eötvös’s youthful response to Bartók’s Mikrokosmos, these short, concentrated explorations of single technical features...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 08/2014
The Gringolts Quartet is a remarkable group. These highly accomplished players achieve a near-perfect blend of sound, effortless precision and...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce 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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