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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SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 14
However uncompromising its moral and ideological outlook, the self-evident musical distinction of Shostakovich’s Fourteenth Symphony at once attracted the attention...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2014
PROKOFIEV Symphonies Nos 3 & 7
This is not the first distinguished Onyx release from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its young Ukrainian conductor but it...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2014
PANUFNIK Symphony No 5. Bassoon Concerto
The Sinfonia di Sfere, Panufnik’s Fifth, is of course the main attraction here. It’s a complex work architecturally, the ‘spheres’...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2014
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4
My reaction when asked to review this disc was a somewhat uncritical ‘hurray’, having immensely enjoyed the first volume of...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2014
La bella più bella: Songs from early baroque Italy
The songs and madrigals of early-17th-century Italy are dramatic microcosms – arias from unwritten operas that carry the emotional and...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 06/2014
JS BACH Lutheran Masses Vol II
One of the most durable virtues of Harry Christophers and The Sixteen is the unfussy fluency of their musical endeavour...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 06/2014
WAGNER Siegfried. Götterdämmerung
Daniel Barenboim’s celebration of the Wagner bicentenary culminated in the completion of a new Ring cycle, produced by Guy Cassiers,...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 06/2014
Mahan Esfahani: Byrd, Bach, Ligeti
A critic reviewing Mahan Esfahani’s 2013 Wigmore Hall recital of short pieces by Byrd, Bach and Ligeti (from which this...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2014
HAYDN String Quartet Op 51, The Seven Last Words of Christ
The solemnities of Good Friday, enshrined with such intensity and contemplative sincerity by Haydn in his Seven Last Words, are...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2014
BRAHMS Complete Music for Cello and Piano
There are a few contemporary arrangements on these discs which render the title ‘Complete Works for Cello and Piano’ possibly...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill 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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