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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STRAUSS Don Juan. Death and Transfiguration. Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Not surprisingly, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra play these three masterly symphonic poems with virtuosity, great feeling and a glorious patina...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 03/2014
MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 25
A disc of Mozart piano concertos recorded in concert by Martha Argerich with Claudio Abbado and Orchestra Mozart was always...
Reviewed in issue 03/2014
CHOPIN Piano Concertos
Ingrid Fliter received rave reviews for her two all-Chopin discs for EMI – that of the Waltzes (12/09) remains among...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2014
SCHMELZER Sacro-Profanus
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c1620/23 1680) spent most of his career occupying prestigious appointments at the Viennese court of Emperor Leopold...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2014
WAGNER Der Ring Das Nibelungen - Orchestral Excerpts
The well-established son of a famous conductor and Wagnerian (Armin Jordan), Philippe Jordan’s Wagner from America and Europe has already...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 02/2014
VIVALDI Concertos for 2 Violins and Strings
Founded in 2012 and named after Cesti’s opera for the wedding festivities of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I in...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2014
STRAUSS Violin Concerto. Violin Sonata
Not long ago I was praising Richard Strauss’s early (1887) Violin Sonata, attractively played by Tasmin Little and Piers Lane,...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 02/2014
SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht. Chamber Symphony No 2
Coupling Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht with his Second Chamber Symphony brings out contrasts as great as any this always provocative composer...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 02/2014
RÖNTGEN Cello Concertos
Fourteen sonatas, three concertos and five works for solo cello show what a presence the instrument was in Julius Röntgen’s...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2014
RESPIGHI Complete Orchestral Music Vol 4
Volume 4 in Francesco La Vecchia’s ambitious Respighi series for Brilliant Classics launches in crisply invigorating style with the irresistible...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2014
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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