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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Conductus Vol 2, Music & poetry from thirteenth-century France
This is the...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 02/2014
Vittorio Grigolo: Ave Maria
This Italian tenor has chosen a personal selection of sacred songs for his new album, many of which he learnt...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 02/2014
VERDI Requiem
As the Verdi bicentenary celebrations gently subside, this new Erato release offers the listener the best from a pair of...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2014
Wolfgang Holzmair & Imogen Cooper: Songs by Schumann & Reimann
Wolfgang Holzmair made his Wigmore Hall debut in 1989. He has recently retired from the recital platform, and this disc...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2014
POULENC The Complete Songs Vol 4
Malcolm Martineau has been a constant in this Signum series of Poulenc songs and in this fourth volume his piano-playing...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2014
SCHNITTKE Concerto for Choir. Three Sacred Songs. Voices of Nature
Schnittke’s Concerto for Choir was written in 1985, the year Mikhail Gorbachev took office and two new words transferred into...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 02/2014
MOZART Concert Arias
Rolando Villazón may not be everyone’s idea of a Mozartian stylist. Yet as his survey of this neglected area of...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2014
GESUALDO Responses for Holy Week
Given the impact of the first complete recording of Gesualdo’s Responsories by the Hilliard Ensemble for ECM over 20 years...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 02/2014
DURUFLÉ Complete Choral and Organ Music
Considering that Duruflé’s choral and organ works span 40 years from the 1920s through to the 1960s, it’s remarkable how...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 02/2014
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis
John Eliot Gardiner’s earlier recording of the Missa solemnis was a landmark event. Reviewing the disc in these columns, John...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne 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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