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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MONTEVERDI L’incoronazione di Poppea
Yet another DVD of L’incoronazione di Poppea, and the second within a few years to be conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm....
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2013
MOZART Le nozze di Figaro
Here, nicely in time for its first revival, is last year’s Glyndebourne Figaro. Updated to the 1960s, it’s difficult to...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2013
KALITZKE Die Besessenen
Die Besessenen (‘The Possessed’) is based on a 1930s novel by Witold Gombrowicz whose bizarre and lurid plot suggests affiliations...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 08/2013
Conrad Tao: Voyages
‘Conrad Tao has already accomplished more than most musicians do in a lifetime,’ proclaims EMI’s website. To demonstrate Tao’s eclectic...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2013
Jenny Lin: Get Happy
I first came across the Taiwanese-American pianist Jenny Lin in 2002 on a terrific Chinese-themed disc for BIS. Lin doesn’t...
Reviewed in issue 08/2013
John Tilbury plays Cardew and Sikorski
In 1961 the London-born pianist John Tilbury – an associate of Cornelius Cardew and Howard Skempton – relocated to Warsaw...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 08/2013
SCHUMANN Études symphoniques Op 13. Fantasiestücke Op 12
Right from the opening notes of Freddy Kempf’s new Schumann disc, you grasp what his approach will be, for his...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2013
MOMPOU Piano Works
Who would have imagined Arcadi Volodos in Mompou? Celebrated in outsize virtuoso repertoire and for his cool take on the...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2013
LISZT Piano Sonata
A programme of familiar Liszt made thrillingly unfamiliar. Expert Liszt Sonatas may be thick on the ground but few are...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2013
ESPLÁ Music for Piano
Few pianists take a more honoured position in Spain’s musical life than Martin Jones. He now adds to his Iberian...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison 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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