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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DVOŘÁK Piano Trios Nos 1-4
Dvořák’s four piano trios span his earlier musical life, part of a composing career that was rich in melodic and...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/2012
BRAHMS; SCHUMANN Arrangements for 2 pianos/String quartet
Brahms’s Piano Quintet – one of the early masterpieces of the genre, along with Schumann’s – took a while to...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2012
BIRTWISTLE Complete String Quartets
In 1991, when Sir Harrison Birtwistle wrote a brief string quartet movement for the 90th birthday of his publisher, Universal...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2012
BEETHOVEN Piano Trios Op 70/2; Op 97
There has been something of a flurry of Beethoven piano trios coming my way over the past couple of months....
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2012
Nordic Sounds
Do not be put off a programme by unfamiliar names. This is such a choral feast that one can only...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 11/2012
Most Grand to Die
Success as Hans Sachs at Bayreuth has probably won James Rutherford a higher profile on the other side of the...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 11/2012
Insomnia: A Nocturnal Voyage in Song
Part of the fun in themed recitals comes from the selection and juxtaposition of the songs. William Berger’s ‘Insomnia’ is...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 11/2012
Ay Portugal
La Compañia is one of Australia’s finest and best-known early music ensembles and Iberian music has already been in evidence...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2012
VIVALDI New Discoveries Vol II
Musicology and the recording industry are sometimes uneasy bedfellows, particularly in relation to early repertories. Dodgy reconstructions of music for...
Reviewed in issue 11/2012
VICTORIA Officium Defunctorum
Philippe Herreweghe’s conception of Victoria’s six-voice Requiem (the more famous of the two settings he composed) imparts a sense of...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2012
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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