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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HOWELLS From Salisbury
Gramophone readers may have listened to a piece of music and experienced ‘love at first hearing’. Other works might need...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 12/2013
Hindemith & Raphael: Works for Viola Solo
It may seem that the only music for solo viola written in the middle of the 20th century was Hindemith’s,...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2013
HINDEMITH Piano Sonatas Nos 1-3
With this release, Markus Becker joins the mere handful of pianists who have offered Hindemith’s piano sonatas together as a...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2013
CHOPIN 24 Preludes
Nick van Bloss is a perfectly decent pianist, whose own life story makes this achievement all the more striking: he...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2013
CHOPIN Polonaises
For many Chopin lovers, Arthur Rubinstein’s 1930s recordings of the Polonaises are the benchmark (far preferable to his sonically inferior...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2013
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 4, 9, 10 & 11
In Beethoven’s Op 7 Sonata, Maurizio Pollini pounces on the composer’s Allegro molto e con brio directive with joyful momentum....
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2013
BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
The discography of the Diabelli Variations is already distinguished but here’s a remarkable addition to it. Two performances are offered,...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 12/2013
Hungarian Works for Violin & Cello
Enterprising, engaging and full of intriguing, lesser-known names, this disc of violin-and-cello duos by Hungarian composers conceptually grows out of...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2013
SCHUBERT Cello Sonata BRAHMS Cello Sonata
It’s hard not to be a bit sad for Wigmore Hall Live that they didn’t get this one but it’s...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 12/2013
A Tale of Two Cellos
This is expressly a CD for those who enjoy a pair of cellos, beautifully played and blended together in slow...
Reviewed by Ivan March 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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