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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Mortale, che pensi?
Lirone player Erin Headley (co-founder of Tragicomedia) now has her own group, Atalante, who here present the third volume of...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2014
Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau
This follows the pattern of Sabine Devieilhe’s recital ‘Le grand théâtre de l’amour’ (Erato, 2/14) by fashioning a sequence of...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 07/2014
Itziar Galdos: Colores
This is an original and inventive anthology of songs by Spanish composers, but avoiding the Castilian language, presenting instead works...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2014
WARLOCK Choral works
A master miniaturist, Peter Warlock is at his best in the songs – both solo and choral – that make...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2014
STRAVINSKY Oedipus Rex. Apollon Musagète
Anyone familiar with the old Philips recording (6/55) of Stravinsky conducting his Oedipus rex, and Jean Cocteau summoning the audience...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 07/2014
STRAUSS Lieder
In his introduction to the booklet Thomas Hampson says that he wanted to mark Strauss’s 150th anniversary by offering a...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 07/2014
SHOSTAKOVICH Six Romances. Suite on Poems by Michelangelo
Shostakovich’s songs continue to lag behind the rest of his output in terms of their representation on recordings and in...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 07/2014
RACHMANINOV Vespers
It seems these days as though every self-respecting chamber choir is keen to record Rachmaninov’s monumental a cappella masterpiece as...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2014
A Purcell Collection
Voces8 here make use of their intermediate size – neither a choir nor strictly a one-to-a part ensemble – to...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2014
A & G MAHLER Lieder
Glasgow-based Linn Records continues to do well by its Scottish artists. As anybody who has heard Karen Cargill in 19th-century...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 07/2014
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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