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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The Image of Melancholy
‘The most wonderful recording session of my life,’ says Bjarte Eike in the booklet to this disc, and indeed the...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2014
Diana Damrau: Forever
Diana Damrau describes this CD as a ‘soundtrack of memory’, which takes her on a very personal journey from Vienna...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 01/2014
Exaudi: Exposure
The University of Huddersfield boasts a Centre for Research in New Music, and several of the composers represented on this...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 01/2014
SHEPPARD Choral Works
John Sheppard’s standing among modern commentators is mixed: David Wulstan’s defence of him against his detractors (witheringly styled ‘pundits’) was...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2014
SCHÜTZ Psalmen Davids
The Psalmen Davids of 1619 marked Schütz’s first foray into the realm of sacred music. In its monumentality and its...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2014
PERGOLESI Stabat Mater
The vast Stabat mater discography offers plenty of outstanding interpretations catering for different tastes. Nevertheless, Julia Lezhneva’s bright-eyed tone and...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2014
HEGGIE Here/After - Songs of Lost Voices
The haunting cover photo of the dishevelled sculptor Camille Claudel sets the conceptual tone for song-cycles by Jake Heggie that,...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2014
FAURÉ Mélodies
Though no stranger to the microphone, Ailish Tynan gets in her own way with a sometimes over-sung recital of songs...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2014
A Festival of Britten
For the past few years the National Youth Choir of Great Britain has been among the stars of the BBC...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 01/2014
BRITTEN The Five Canticles
The Wigmore Hall was first out of the stocks in November 2012 with its anniversary programme to mark Britten’s centenary....
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 01/2014
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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