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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STANFORD Partsongs
It’s a mark of musical fashion that this disc from Paul Spicer and the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir is the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
SHOSTAKOVICH The Execution of Stepan Razin
Using roughly the same idiom as his Symphonies Nos 11, 12 and 13, Shostakovich’s The Execution of Stepan Razin tells...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2013
POULENC Gloria. Litanies à la Vierge noire. Stabat Mater
The atmosphere of perfumed ritual in Poulenc’s Gloria finds a ready response in this performance by Parisian forces under Paavo...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2013
MOZART Betulia Liberata
Michi Gaigg’s exploration of the azione sacra (sacred drama) Betulia liberata is the latest addition to what is turning out...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2013
MAILLARD Missa Je suis déshéritée
The Marian Consort may be the most recent of the various vocal groups to emerge from the college choirs of...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 12/2013
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Female British singers seem to have a special relationship with Mahler’s song-symphony and two of today’s finest mezzos are represented...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2013
LASSUS Lagrime di san Pietro
Recordings of Lassus’s late masterpiece have appeared at reasonably regular intervals since the 400th anniversary of his death in 1994....
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2013
JANÁČEK Brumes d'Enfance / Mists of Childhood
This is an attractive collection of some of Janáček’s most touching and entertaining music. The 19 numbers that make up...
Reviewed in issue 12/2013
HOLST First Choral Symphony. The Mystic Trumpeter
While this recording embodies a special poignancy – it was after the first take of the First Choral Symphony in...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2013
HANDEL Belshazzar
No single authentic version of Belshazzar (1745) offers an ideal text, so William Christie collates what he thinks is ‘the...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2013
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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