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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PROKOFIEV Symphony No 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme
Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations continues to be one of his most popular pieces, beloved of cellists as well as their audiences....
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/2011
MATHIAS Piano Concertos 1 & 2 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasy
A late developer, Vaughan Williams took many years to ‘find’ his voice, and this, it could fairly be said, emerged...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2011
IRELAND Piano Concerto. Legend. Rhapsody No 1
I am delighted to welcome to the catalogue a splendid new recording of what is undoubtedly the finest of all...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2011
DOHNÁNYI Symphony in F. Zrinyi Overture No 2
The musical highlight here is the wartime Waltz Suite, four separate pieces, all of them abundantly tuneful, the first cast...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2011
DELIUS Concertos
Some two decades ago Tasmin Little set down memorable versions of both the Violin Concerto and Double Concerto with Sir...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2011
CURRIER Time Machines PENDERECKI Duo Concertante
Highly rated star performers can all too easily avoid the farther reaches of contemporary music. These four works written for...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2011
JS BACH; TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concertos
Valeriy Sokolov has the measure of both of these concertos and sounds entirely comfortable coping with their different technical demands....
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2011
'My True Love Hath my Heart'
Sarah Connolly, with her clear, fresh mezzo, here tackles a delightful, wide-ranging sequence of English songs, with Roger Quilter the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 01/2012
Hidden Treasure
The digital dissemination of classical music now means that worthy artists need not go unrecorded – as in generations past....
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2012
Melancolia
A remarkable achievement: a fan letter to Spanish music (not excluding South America or an excursion to Villa-Lobos’s Brazil) including...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2012
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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