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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1917: Works for Violin and Piano
Tamsin Waley-Cohen’s love for Debussy’s Violin Sonata of 1917 led her to assemble four works for violin and piano written...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 07/2014
SCHUBERT String Quintet D956. String Quartet D703
Myriad moods, immoderate demands and ‘unplumbed melancholy underlying even his brightest and most vivacious moments’ (WJ Turner’s description of Mozart...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 07/2014
RUBINSTEIN Piano Quartets
Having dealt comprehensively with Liszt (99 CDs for Hyperion), the indefatigable Leslie Howard has been espousing Anton Rubinstein, one of...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 07/2014
MENDELSSOHN String Quartets Nos 2, 3 & 6
Four notes – G sharp, A, F natural and E – opening Beethoven’s A minor Quartet, Op 132, must have...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 07/2014
MANCINI Solos for Flute
Francesco Mancini (1672-1737) spent all of his working life in his native city of Naples, notably as Alessandro Scarlatti’s successor...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2014
STRAUSS; MAHLER String Quartets. Lieder
In ways more subtle in scale but no less carefully provocative than orchestral recordings by Norrington and Zinman, this recording...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2014
HAYDN; PROKOFIEV; SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets
The Edinburgh Quartet’s finely matched sound and firm sense of rhythm lead to a splendid performance of the Haydn. It’s...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue:
Nordic Cello Soul
The rather curious title here, ‘Nordic Cello Soul’, covers widely diverse music by three Nordic composers. The pair of opening...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 07/2014
GLERUP Dust Encapsulated
Rune Glerup (b1981) is a young Danish composer of whom there are high hopes for the future in his native...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2014
FAURÉ Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2
Daishin Kashimoto makes his second appearance in Eric Le Sage’s Fauré series, this time taking centre stage. He’s a persuasive...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith 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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