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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BRUCKNER Symphony No 2
Arrangements such as this exceptionally skilful chamber reworking of Bruckner’s Second Symphony by Anthony Payne were meat and potatoes to...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2014
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto BRUCH Scottish Fantasy
Ning Feng’s account of the Tchaikovsky is notably elegant. The fast, high passages sound wonderfully clear and pure, and the...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 04/2014
BRITTEN Symphony for Cello and Orchestra. Sonata for Cello and Piano
We are not lacking top-drawer versions of these two probing, Rostropovich-inspired masterpieces, not least from the great cellist himself on...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2014
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No 2
Those who admire the intelligent, direct and stylishly lean virtuosity that Maurizio Pollini has long brought to Brahms’s Second Concerto...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2014
BEPPE Remote Galaxy
The composer formerly known as Fred Jonny Berg here releases his second collaboration with the Philharmonia, Ashkenazy and flautist Emily...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 04/2014
BAX Symphony in F
It is often the case that the first symphonic essay of any aspiring composer tends to be long. Nevertheless, Bax’s...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 04/2014
AHO Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra. Symphony No 15
This recording of Aho’s 15th, and I think still latest, Symphony has been a while coming – the concert premiere,...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 04/2014
TAVENER The Veil of the Temple
Signum has done us a great service in making available this recording of the reduced version of The Veil of...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 04/2014
Terezín: Refuge in Music
Awareness of the Terezín composers over the last 25 years reaches a culmination in this documentary DVD companion to the...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 04/2014
SHEPPARD Sacred choral music
Perhaps the most striking feature of this recording from the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, is the way in...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch 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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