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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ROSSINI La cambiale di matrimonio
Rossini’s first professional opera, written for Venice’s Teatro San Moisè when he was 18, is full of dash and pizzazz....
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 09/2011
PERGOLESI L'Olimpiade
Metastasio’s libretto L’Olimpiade is an amorous intrigue that takes place at the ancient Olympic Games. First set to music in...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2011
MOZART D'Arcangelo Arias
The sonorous bass-baritone of Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, with its oaken middle register and ringing top notes, is certainly an impressive instrument....
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2011
MARTINŮ Symphonies Nos 1-6
When considering Martinu’s symphonies, two points are worth bearing in mind: first, that all six date from Martinu’s maturity; and...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2011
Italia
Despite her Italian background, Nicola Benedetti, we’re told, “never expected to feel quite so at home” in the Italian Baroque...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2011
DEBUSSY La Mer. Nocturnes. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
A protégé of Markevitch and Boulez, Geneva-born Michel Tabachnik steers a sleek and dynamic course through La mer, drawing playing...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2011
BARBER Historical Recordings 1935-60
A treasure-trove of historic Barber recordings. The earliest and one of the best known is his own performance of Dover...
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Destination Paris
This mixed group of works for string trio were all written when the composers were living in Paris during that...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/2011
ZEMLINSKY Cello Sonata. 2 Pieces for String quintet
The figure of Brahms loomed large over late-19th-century Austro-German composers, nowhere more so than in the field of chamber music....
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2011
CERHA Bruchstück geträumt. Neun Bagatellen. Instants
Kairos’s previous Cerha release was anchored around the deep-listening fabric of his 1970s orchestral set Spiegel (A/10). It reminded us...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 10/2011
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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