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...
Jaakko Kuusisto may be one of his generation’s leading violin virtuosos but he features here as composer and conductor, leaving...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2013
There was a time, not so long ago, when Bruckner on disc was the province of ‘major’ orchestras and conductors....
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2013
The emergence of the opening theme is certainly dream-like (that, we are told, is how Bruckner first heard it), the...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2013
The LSO play Bloch’s Symphony in C sharp minor marvellously and Dalia Atlas conducts it with understanding and conviction. She...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/2013
Daniel Barenboim’s time at the BBC Proms this summer was entirely taken up with Wagner’s Ring but four years ago...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013
Of all the composers of the experimental period in which he was writing, there were few who crystallised their musical...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 10/2013
Comparative listening doesn’t get much more fun than this. How right of the Duke to give equal billing to his...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2013
He may have been overshadowed (at least south of the border) by younger contemporary James MacMillan, but William Sweeney (b1950)...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 10/2013
Josep Soler is a Catalan composer and teacher. Born in 1935, he grew up at a time of maximum musical...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2013
Once you get over the initial surprise of hearing Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro, Op 70, played on the viola instead...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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