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...
Basing her recital around dream and night, Joyce Yang puts unlike alongside unlike in a dream-like sequence, one where ‘impulse...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2014
Andrew Litton plays transcriptions of improvisations by the much-loved jazz pianist Oscar Peterson; The Bad Plus perform what is termed...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 07/2014
The disc’s title and raison d’être escape me: ‘Scandale’ says the cover in shocking pink. The ‘Rite of Spring’ premiere...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2014
All the main suspects are here: Bach, Franck, Vierne, Messiaen. Sometimes they pair up – the disc opens with Marcel...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 07/2014
Vaughan Jones has his hands full with this repertoire. Rare (for which read ‘obscure’) music for violin from the late...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 07/2014
Audite’s two-CD set of recordings made for RIAS Berlin in 1962 and 1964 adds several first issues to Julius Katchen’s...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2014
Myung-Whun Chung is better known these days as a conductor. But he began his career as a pianist, winning joint...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2014
Ysaÿe’s Solo Violin Sonatas explore the instrument’s capabilities in an entirely original way. The score of the Sonatas has meticulous...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 07/2014
Over the years...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2014
Weighed against the great orchestral scores, Stravinsky’s works for solo piano form a minor part of his output. Few works...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas 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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