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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DUSAPIN Reverso. Uncut. Morning in Long Island
Although he has been well served on disc, this is the first release on a ‘major’ label devoted to Pascal...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2014
CAUSTON Millennium Scenes. Chamber Symphony
Although Richard Causton provides extensive and interesting programme notes to enhance one’s appreciation and understanding of the orchestral and chamber...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2014
BLOWER Symphony in C. Horn Concerto HOWELL Tone Poem
Rarities galore jostle for attention on these anthologies. Vol 1 launches in propitious fashion with the tone-poem Lamia by Handsworth-born...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2014
BLOCH Schelomo. Voice in the Wilderness CAPLET Epiphanie
There are few composers of such profound sincerity and absorbing interest as Ernest Bloch. He said that he had no...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 06/2014
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No 8
Interesting that the symphony included here that is played by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe Claudio Abbado recorded with the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2014
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Op 61 BERG Violin Concerto
This issue faces strong competition from the Gramophone Award-winning recording of the same two works by Isabelle Faust, with Abbado...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 06/2014
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 5 SCHUMANN Fantasy Op 11
The coupling of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with Schumann’s epic Fantasie is, to say the least, ambitious. The ancient Greeks would...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 06/2014
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 1 MOZART Piano Concerto No 12
Still very much with us at the age of 86, Leon Fleisher made these Cologne recordings midway between his winning...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 06/2014
JS BACH Complete Solo Keyboard Concertos
Julia Zilberquit’s Bach concerto cycle for Musical Heritage Society gains a new lease of catalogue life on Warner Classics. The...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2014
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto No 2 ADAMS Violin Concerto
Bravo to the young American violinist Chad Hoopes for choosing such an unusual coupling of concertos for his debut CD....
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2014
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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