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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Tenebrae: Russian Treasures
Like buses, CD releases often come in batches. No sooner had the sound of Conspirare’s low basses stopped reverberating after...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2014
Joy & Sorrow Unmasked: Arias and Orchestral works by Bach and Handel
DVD recordings of concerts do not always promise the most exciting of visual spectacles, especially when filmed in an auditorium...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2014
Easter Cantatas of 18th-century Gdansk
Someone, it seems, is keen on putting Gdan´sk on the musical map of Europe. A little while ago I reviewed...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2014
WOLF Lieder
Hugo Wolf’s songs tend to be such self-sufficient worlds in miniature that one rarely sees them given the sort of...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 04/2014
TELEMANN Luther Cantatas
This disc brings together five cantatas closely associated with Luther, mostly on texts by Telemann’s long-term collaborator Erdmann Neumeister and...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2014
TALLIS Missa Puer natus est nobis
The first recording of Tallis’s Missa Puer natus est nobis dates from 2001 – a result not of neglect but...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2014
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin
This certainly isn’t the most mellifluous Schöne Müllerin around. While Florian Boesch’s baritone is resonant and colourful, a dulcet legato...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 04/2014
RYPDAL Melodic Warrior. And the Sky was Coloured with Waterfalls and Angels
Terje Rypdal (b1947) is hard to pin down stylistically. His roots are in jazz (as trumpeter and guitarist) but, like...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2014
RACHMANINOV All-Night Vigil
Having been thoroughly bowled over by the Latvian Radio Choir’s luxurious 2011 recording of this choral masterpiece – a Gramophone...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 04/2014
MOZART Litaniae Lauretanae. Vesperae de Domini. Waisenhausmesse
The choristers of New College, Oxford, ranging in age from nine to 13, ‘cheerfully state the obvious truth that we...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2014
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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