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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GESUALDO Madrigals, Book 3
With his third book of madrigals, the defining features of Gesualdo’s style appear in earnest, and Delitiæ Musicæ’s complete survey...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW/2011
WAGNER Der fliegende Holländer
Janowski’s early success with The Ring on record (now RCA, and see my survey of the cycle, A/07) makes him...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: AW/2011
STRAUSS Capriccio
New recordings of Capriccio appear seldom but this one really isn’t meant to compete. It appears to be an afterthought,...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW/2011
DVOŘÁK Rusalka
Productions of Rusalka come in two varieties: the picturesque traditional and the psychologically probing. This DVD from Munich goes for...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: AW/2011
Set the piano stool on fire
“It is tempting, perhaps, but unrewarding,” wrote Harold Macmillan in 1973, “to hang about the green room after final retirement...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW/2011
PUCCINI Tosca
The Metropolitan Opera’s Franco Zeffirelli production of Turandothas nearly achieved tourist-attraction status in New York since first leaving the public...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW/2011
MAHLER Symphony No 10
Conductors, especially British ones, who study the Tenth early on tend to become determined champions. Mark Wigglesworth has performed the...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2011
MAHLER Symphony No 5
For a time Klaus Tennstedt (1926-98) seemed destined to become EMI’s next ‘Grand Old Man’, a less worldly, less cerebral...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2011
DVOŘÁK Symphonies 7 & 8
Some expected Norrington attributes (uncluttered textures, minimal vibrato, etc) help focus the bare essentials of both masterpieces, the Seventh emerging...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue:
DEBUSSY La Mer RAVEL Me Mère l'Oye
The aqueous glints and flecks of colour in Debussy’s La mer are attractively caught in this performance by the Seoul...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2011
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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