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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JS BACH 6 Sonatas for Violin and Piano BWV 1014-1019
With his recordings of the ‘48’ (10/88 and 9/91), Goldberg Variations (3/90) and French Suites (4/94), Keith Jarrett long ago...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2013
TANEYEV; ARENSKY Piano Quintets
The shadow of Tchaikovsky is sometimes said to fall over both of these fine works; it would be fairer to...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/2013
Schöne Welt, Wo Bist Du?
As precious as the title sounds to hardened urbanites, it serves warning about the singular musical world created by this...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 10/2013
Bailes, Tonadas & Cachuas (from Trujillo, Peru)
Three years ago I reviewed Hesperion XXI’s very enjoyable anthology of early Latin American music (‘El Nuevo Mundo’ – Alia...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2013
Amore e morte dell’amore
An album of Baroque love duets seems to tumble off the presses every other month. Not that I’m complaining when...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2013
TALLIS Salve intemerata virgo. Missa Salve intemerata
The Cardinall’s Musick have won plaudits for their Tallis in the past and their return to him after a hiatus...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2013
SZYMANOWSKI Stabat Mater. Harnasie
Two of Szymanowski’s most sublime later works here receive performances entirely commensurate with their stature and thoroughly in tune with...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013
RACHMANINOV The Bells. Symphonic Dances
Compared with the UK and the USA, Germany has in general been slow to embrace the music of Rachmaninov, or...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013
PUTS To Touch the Sky. Symphony No 4
With the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music under his belt (for his debut opera, Silent Night), all ears are turned...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 10/2013
PURCELL How pleasant ‘tis to Love!
An unexpected sound greets you at the very beginning of this CD: ‘Sound the trumpet’ as a duet not for...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp 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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