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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BEETHOVEN The Late Piano Sonatas
To choose the last three Beethoven sonatas as your debut recording might be seen as headstrong, but the last five?...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2013
CPE BACH Solo Keyboard Music Vols 25 & 26
These volumes continue to affirm Miklós Spányi’s exemplary musicianship and clavichord prowess, as well as to draw further attention to...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2013
20th Century Cello Sonatas
On two Somm CDs the excellent cellist Alexander Baillie, with his pianist, John Thwaites, has collected six enjoyable British cello...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2013
STENHAMMAR String Quartets Nos 3 & 4
As relatively recently as 1983 in these pages, Robert Layton felt it necessary to preface his review of a recording...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2013
SCHOENBERG String Quartet No 1. Verklärte Nacht
Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and String Quartet No 1 are both single-movement symphonic structures, rich in polyphonic detail and ending with...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/2013
RACHMANINOV Piano Trios
You have to wonder whether Ashkenazy would ever have made this disc were it not for the fact that it...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2013
RACHMANINOV Works for 2 Pianos
Which would you prefer? A great, revelatory performance on an acoustic disc or a good performance in digital sound? Fondamenta...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2013
MOZART Clarinet Quintet K581. String Quartet K421
If you want a recording of Mozart’s Quintet on a conventional clarinet, Jörg Widmann and the Arcanto Quartet are up...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/2013
HARLE Art Music
John Harle quotes Picasso in suggesting that ‘a painting should have an immediate, visceral effect’, and tells us that his...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/2013
GOEHR Since Brass, Nor Stone...
Having enjoyed a disc of Goehr’s orchestral works a few months back (Naxos, 3/13), I’ve found it instructive to turn...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2013
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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