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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LULLY Phaëton
Phaéton – normally styled Phaëton – was first performed at the new palace of Versailles in January 1683, transferring to...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2014
LULLY Phaëton
Phaéton – normally styled Phaëton – was first performed at the new palace of Versailles in January 1683, transferring to...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2014
KORNGOLD Die Tote Stadt
The sheer orchestral seductiveness – or (according to taste) wearying-ness – of Korngold’s opera must be hard to match on...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2014
CHERUBINI Medea
When Maria Callas sang Medea for the first time at Florence in 1953 (and continued with the role until the...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2014
BERLIOZ Les Troyens
It’s Covent Garden, more than any other company in the world, that deserves the credit for restoring – or, rather,...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2014
SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 13 & 17
Benjamin Hochman’s Avie solo debut frames two fascinating and relatively unfamiliar contemporary Schubert tributes between two frequently recorded Schubert sonatas....
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2014
Blue Clavichord: 20th Century Music for Clavichord, Harpsichord and Recorder
Peter Dickinson must love his clavichord and its ability to bend pitches, because the music he writes and arranges for...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2014
JS BACH Transcriptions
Note to self: early contender for Gramophone instrumental record of the year. Why? The recorded piano sound is a real...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2014
Alexandre Tharaud: Autograph
Alexander Tharaud’s ‘Autographs’ are a series of musical signatures very much ‘as you like it’; a programme to suit all...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2014
Pletnev in Person
It’s Mikhail Pletnev. So there is another view – wrought from an intensely personal response to phrasing and structure; and...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni 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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