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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DEAN The Lost Art of Letter Writing. Vexations and Devotions
Brett Dean’s violin concerto The Lost Art of Letter Writing was composed in 2006, revised the following year and won...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2014
Mixed Doubles: Double Concertos by Manduell and Crosse
All three works by the Lancastrian Gordon Crosse (b1937) on this enterprising release were penned during the summer and autumn...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2014
BRAHMS Symphonies 1 & 2
These Brahms performances derive from the Brahms and Szymanowski cycle which Gergiev and the LSO toured in the latter half...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 01/2014
BRAHMS Serenade No 1 BEETHOVEN Romances Nos 1 & 2
It’s clear that Augustin Dumay has a close rapport with his Japanese orchestra. Throughout the Serenade the players shape the...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 01/2014
BRAHMS Piano Concertos
The best recordings of the Brahms concertos are collaborative ventures in which the finest pianists are matched by the finest...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 01/2014
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Op 61. Symphony No 7
With such an oft-recorded work as the Beethoven Violin Concerto it’s understandable that performers will search for a new angle....
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 01/2014
BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. Four Orchestral Pieces
Edward Gardner is fast proving himself able to persuade just about any orchestra to follow his lead with precision and...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2014
CPE BACH Symphonies and Concertos
‘Fantastical and far-fetched’ was how one 18th-century writer described the music of CPE Bach, whose most personal music epitomises the...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2014
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Logic suggests that DVD works best for stagings of operas, CD for studio recordings. Glyndebourne has therefore taken a risk...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 01/2014
VERDI Simon Boccanegra
Over the decades, Simon Boccanegra has not been recorded blithely. Major studio-made sets capture each successive generation of Verdians –...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns 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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