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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ENESCU Violin Sonatas Nos 2 & 3
Enescu’s Second Violin Sonata (1899) occupies a special place in his output, being the work in which he found his...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2013
VALEN; HVOSLEF; EGGE Trios
Fartein Valen began planning a trio in 1912 but only began serious work on it in 1917. Progress, as often...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2013
BRAHMS Cello Sonatas Nos 1 & 2. Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Ophélie Gaillard has always displayed an extraordinary palette of colours and these come alive more than ever on this recording...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 11/2013
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Op 12
This is the fifth and final instalment of an interesting series that presents Beethoven’s violin sonatas in the context of...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 11/2013
BEETHOVEN Septet Op 20 DVOŘÁK Czech Suite
A pleasant enough coupling, though not exactly helped by the somewhat cavernous acoustic of the Böserndorfer-Saal at the Vienna Mozarthaus....
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2013
ABRAHAMSEN Walden/Wald
Walden is a four-movement wind quintet from 1978, rescored in 1995 to include bass clarinet and alto saxophone rather than...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2013
BRAHMS The Symphonies
Leipzig was never especially kind to Brahms. His First Piano Concerto was jeered off the stage there in 1859. Fences...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/2013
WAGNER Parsifal
When this production inaugurated Dresden’s takeover of the Berlin Philharmonic’s Salzburg Easter Festival, the critical reaction gave thumbs up to...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 10/2013
WAGNER The Colon Ring - Der Ring des Nibelungen in 7 Hours
C Major’s performance and ‘making of’ DVDs are the account of an experimental cut version of the Ring cycle given...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 10/2013
SCHUBERT String Quintet. String Quartet No 14, ‘Death and the Maiden’
This is good. Very good. Acclaim and the Pavel Haas Quartet are familiar bedfellows – after all, they did win...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2013
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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