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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VIVALDI Concerti per l’Orchestra di Dresda, Vol 1
During the reigns of Augustus II the Strong (d1733) and his heir Friedrich Augustus III (d1763), the Dresden Hofkapelle employed...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2013
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6. Romances
I have to hand it to Yannick Nézet-Séguin: this is without question one of the finest Pathétiques to have come...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2013
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 4
No beating about the bush: Vladimir Jurowski’s marvellously articulate, thrillingly combustible 2011 live recording of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth has nothing to...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2013
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No 2
Boris Berezovsky’s espousal of the Second Concerto is interesting in that he goes for the original version rather than the...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2013
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
Coming hard on the heels of Gustavo Dudamel’s first CD release with his own Los Angeles Philharmonic (5/13), this Strauss...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2013
SPOHR Symphonies Nos 4 & 5
As the motto phrase on cellos and basses opening No 4 rises out pianissimo against a pianissimo background of violas,...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 12/2013
SCHUMANN Complete Symphonic Works, Vol 1
Right from the off, things augur well. The Spring Symphony’s opening Andante un poco maestoso is also, usefully, con moto,...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2013
RIEHM Hamamuth – Stadt der Engel. Wer sind diese Kinder
The two works on this CD feature the pianist Nicolas Hodges as soloist and are related in a number of...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2013
MOZART Clarinet Concerto. Kegelstatt Trio. Allegro
Martin Fröst has already recorded a fine, outgoing version of Mozart’s Concerto in its original form for basset clarinet. A...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2013
MAHLER Symphony No 5
Mahler once said that conductors would take the central Scherzo of the Fifth Symphony – the fulcrum of the piece...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson 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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