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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LALO; SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concertos
Pieter Wispelwey is among the top rank of cellists, leading a generation of current performers who are equally impressive on...
Reviewed by IMarch in issue: 09/2013
HINDEMITH Violin Concerto. Violin Sonatas
The benchmark recording of Hindemith’s Violin Concerto remains Oistrakh’s with the composer from 1962, now 50 years old but still...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2013
GUNNING Symphony No 5. String Quartet No 1
‘Discovery’ is an appropriate CD label for this pair of works by Christopher Gunning. The composer tells us in the...
Reviewed by IMarch in issue: 09/2013
GRIEG Complete Symphonic Works Vol III
The first two discs in this ‘Complete Symphonic Works’ series (10/11, 11/11) were outstanding. This third is wholly exceptional. The...
Reviewed in issue 09/2013
FELDMAN Violin and Orchestra
You suspect, in the great scheme of music, orchestral musicians would rather play nearly anything else than a 50-minute piece...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 09/2013
FALLA Noches en los jardines de España FRANCK Symphonic Variations
Throughout her long and distinguished, if insufficiently acknowledged career, Valerie Tryon has remained true to her own lights. Virtuoso teasers...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 09/2013
ELGAR Symphony No 2
No doubt about it, Sakari Oramo is an Elgarian of strong instinct, and this abundantly characterful, cannily paced and deeply...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2013
DUBOIS Piano Concerto No 2. Suite for Piano and String Orchestra
The booklet for this, the 60th volume of Hyperion’s landmark series, quotes an entry from Dubois’s diary just two years...
Reviewed in issue 09/2013
DEBUSSY Première Suite d'Orchestre. La Mer
Many a disc of Debussy’s La mer has popped through the letterbox over the past few years but this version...
Reviewed by Geoffrey–Norris in issue: 09/2013
BRUCKNER Symphony No 7
Stunned silence greets the conclusion of Christian Thielemann’s inaugural concert as principal conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden. With the closing...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2013
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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