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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STRAUSS Josephslegende Op 63
Strauss’s Josephslegende is a bit of a slog. An hour-long ballet, written for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and premiered in Paris...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 08/2013
SØRENSEN La Notte
Bent Sørensen has been on the Nordic connoisseur’s radar for nearly 30 years now, and although a fair amount of...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2013
SIBELIUS Symphony No 2
Nothing gave me greater pleasure when listening to these three CDs than Gerald English’s performance of the Britten Serenade, his...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2013
SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos 1 & 4
Osmo Vänskä’s new Sibelius cycle continues with the First and Fourth, a pairing he evidently likes, as that is how...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2013
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 10
You expect quality from this source – and you get it here, in abundance. But words like ‘bloom’ and ‘beauty’...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2013
RIHM Symphony "Nähe fern"
The organisers of the Lucerne Festival and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra had the idea to mark their 2011 12 season...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2013
MOZART Clarinet Concerto
Mozart’s late clarinet masterpieces for Anton Stadler, the Concerto especially, have acquired autumnal, even valedictory associations. Yet those are not...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2013
MAHLER Symphony No 4 (Chailly)
The Fourth is a neo-classical symphony. So observes Riccardo Chailly in an accompanying feature which, unusually, reflects faithfully in words...
Reviewed by Quantrill in issue: 08/2013
JANÁČEK Sinfonietta. Taras Bulba
A superb programme – and not only because it represents, in effect, a useful gathering of Janáček’s mature orchestral oeuvre....
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2013
GOUVY Symphony No 4
As an admitted non-specialist in the works of Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 98), I am perhaps just the sort of...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 08/2013
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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