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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BACH Cantatas for Ascension Day
The final disc in Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Bach cantata cycle offers the four works for Ascension Day – cantatas...
Reviewed by Lindsay-Kemp in issue: 07/2013
BEETHOVEN; HAYDN Variations
Emanuel Ax is on top form for his first solo CD in many years. In contrast to the genial, well-played...
Reviewed by Distler in issue: 07/2013
L'enfance: Fauré, Bizet, Debussy, Ravel
All too often we regard piano duets as somewhat childish pleasures but there’s nothing emotionally juvenile about any of the...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2013
WAGNER Transcribed for 2 Pianos
The heyday of piano ensemble transcriptions from orchestral and operatic scores more or less coincided with the height of Richard...
Reviewed by Distler in issue: 07/2013
MOERAN Complete Solo Piano Music
One of the great discoveries of my youth was the Symphony in G minor of EJ Moeran. This almost went...
Reviewed by IMarch in issue: 07/2013
MILANO Lute Music
What better vehicle for the artistry of one of today’s most gifted lutenists could there be than the music of...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 07/2013
HAYDN Piano Sonatas Vol 5
With the appearance of the fifth volume of his Haydn keyboard sonata survey, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has now covered 22 sonatas...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2013
CHOPIN Sonatas & Ballades
‘A talented young pianist worth watching’ was how I summed up my generally positive review of Vassily Primakov’s 2004 all-Chopin...
Reviewed by Distler in issue: 07/2013
JS BACH 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830
In the intelligent booklet-notes accompanying David Korevaar’s recording of Bach’s Partitas, the pianist discusses the music’s dance origins in extensive,...
Reviewed by Distler in issue: 07/2013
Vocalise
Adam Walker, principal flute of the LSO, tells us that the music he performs here ‘has at its heart the...
Reviewed by IMarch in issue: 07/2013
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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