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 String Quartets opp 74 & 130
The six Op 18 Quartets now under their belts, the Chiaroscuro Quartet have chosen for the next instalment of their...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2024
JS BACH Viola da Gamba Sonatas
Yet another album of Bach’s sonatas for viola da gamba and obbligato harpsichord, I hear you sigh. Yet gambist Andrea...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2024
United Strings of Europe: through the night
Just three years have passed since the United Strings of Europe released their first recording (2/21), but the London-based group...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2024
Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems
Name 15 French symphonic poems. Assuming Saint-Saëns’s Danse macabre and Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice head your list, where next? After...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2024
SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (Herreweghe)
These interpretations are not markedly different from Herreweghe’s period-instrument recording with the Champs-Élysées Orchestra on his first Schumann symphony cycle....
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2024
SCHMIDT Symphonies Nos 1-4 (Berman)
Although still rarely encountered in the concert hall, Franz Schmidt’s symphonies are increasingly well represented on record, this being at...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 01/2024
PROKOFIEV Symphony No 5 (Noseda)
Not quite 20 years since the LSO recorded its last Prokofiev symphony cycle in a concentrated burst of performances at...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 01/2024
MUSTONEN Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 (Mustonen)
It is a curious feature of Olli Mustonen the composer that, rather like Stravinsky, he has written relatively little for...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2024
MOZART Symphonies Nos 29 & 40 (Emelyanychev)
This account of Mozart’s Symphony No 40 follows Il Pomo d’Oro’s recording of No 41, the Jupiter (4/23); no doubt...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2024
'Mozart 1791'
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto is most commonly coupled on recordings with the Clarinet Quintet or with a complementary concerto by another...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2024
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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