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...
For his first solo disc after winning the Gold Medal at the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition last year,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2014
For her debut album, Tamar Beraia, a 27-year-old Georgian pianist, offers a richly comprehensive programme. Her quicksilver brilliance lends a...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2014
As the song says, ‘Nice and easy does it’, except that for those who perform Reger’s organ music, assessing relevant...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 06/2014
Evgenia Rubinova’s wide-ranging recital commences with the Op 12 Pieces, composed when Prokofiev was 15, their balletic charms already spiced...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2014
How on earth does one transfer Paganini’s Op 1, a vade mecum of idiomatic violin pyrotechnics, to the flute? Though...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2014
Odradek is a non-profit artist-controlled label that gives all proceeds to the artist after production and distribution costs are recuperated....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2014
For the second volume in her Chopin series, the young French pianist Hélène Tysman focuses on the Ballades, interweaving them...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2014
In this third volume of Chopin, Louis Lortie offers a bouquet of Nocturnes and Impromptus alongside the Third Sonata on...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2014
This legendary disc was made in 1959 when Ashkenazy, aged 22, suffered confinement behind the Iron Curtain. His early recordings...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2014
For Vincenzo Maltempo there are few reservations regarding Alkan’s genius. He admits that Alkan’s works, which range from the epic...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2014
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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