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...
Intrepid admirers of Baroque sacred music will probably know something about Handel’s so-called Brockes Passion (c1716), and there have also...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2014
As one of his most perfect works, Josquin’s Mass Ave maris stella is now available in a wide range of...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 08/2014
When John Rutter composed The Shepherd’s Pipe Carol for the second volume of Carols for Choirs back in 1967, he...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 08/2014
It is misleading to rank The Triumph of Time and Truth (1757) as Handel’s last English oratorio. Unlike Jephtha (1752),...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2014
His classical credentials might be impeccable but Jorge Grundman (b1961) is best known for his research into acoustics and technology...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2014
Performances on disc remain relatively rare, and I wish I could greet this new recording of Bruckner’s Mass No 3...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 08/2014
Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang show how to interpret Brahms’s intentions, their expression precisely tailored to the expressive curves clearly...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 07/2014
Of all the things that could have emerged from last year’s Dowland anniversary, perhaps for many the most devoutly to...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2014
William Mundy’s Vox Patris caelestis is probably his most famous piece (I reviewed The Sixteen’s most recent account in April),...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 07/2014
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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