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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VINCI Alto Arias
The Florentine countertenor Filippo Mineccia presents 14 alto arias for both male and female characters drawn from nine different works,...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2014
VERDI Opera Arias
Miss Stoyanova has made good records. ‘I palpiti d’amor’ and ‘Slavic Opera Arias’ (also in Munich for Orfeo, 11/08 and...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05/2014
OFFENBACH Les Contes d'Hoffmann
The Tales of Hoffmann, an opéra fantastique, was premiered at the Opéra-Comique in February 1881. Offenbach had been working on...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2014
MUSSORGSKY Boris Godunov
The decision by opera companies to stage Mussorgsky’s original 1868/69 version of Boris Godunov is sometimes dismissed as economic expedience...
Reviewed in issue 05/2014
E HUGHES When the Flame Dies
Beware: this opera may take you hostage with its ability to get under your skin and its willingness to use...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 05/2014
GLUCK Iphigénie en Aulide
Iphigénie en Aulide was the first opera that Gluck wrote for Paris, where it was staged in 1774. It’s not...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2014
CACCINI Euridice
The birth of opera can be traced back to a few significant landmark events in Florence, such as Giulio Caccini’s...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2014
Cellophony: Vibrez!
Cellophony are a talented octet of young British cellists who for their second CD have put together a well-balanced programme...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 05/2014
Through the Looking Glass
Transcription is an art easily taken for granted in post-war music, making the inventiveness of a group such as Alpha...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2014
The Proud Bassoon
Peter Whelan is striving zealously to explode the preconceptions the bassoon is subjected to. This programme of 18th-century music –...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2014
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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