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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WAGNER Lohengrin
When Orfeo’s Bayreuth series was first launched a decade ago, orchestral representatives at the Festival were especially keen to see...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2012
WAGNER Götterdämmerung
It is a curious story. It’s 1956. A major record company, which already has three ‘live’ Bayreuth Götterdämmerungs in its...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2012
VIVALDI Opera Arias
‘A journey of love, fear, rage and despair’, proclaims Fabio Bonizzoni, with no hyperbole. Once or twice – say, in...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 07/2012
VERDI Macbeth
A ruffian who rose too far, too fast? Or a more cultivated Scotsman who might have been king anyway but...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2012
TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin
Memories and fantasies, in olden and modern times, all mingle and collide in this Stefan Herheim production of Eugene Onegin...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2012
ROSSINI Le comte Ory
‘What musical riches!’ exclaimed Berlioz when he first set eyes on Rossini’s last and most subtly wrought operatic comedy in...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2012
MOZART Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Though the emotional temperature of this Marriage of Figaro video runs high, warming up to it may take a while....
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2012
MOZART Apollo et Hyacinthus, K38
As a nine-year-old in London, Mozart displayed his innate theatrical flair in a series of operatic improvisations that astonished the...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 07/2012
GLUCK Il Trionfo di Clelia
‘Lars Porsena of Clusium / By the Nine Gods he swore / That the great house of Tarquin / Should...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 07/2012
VINCI Artaserse
The rehabilitation of Leonardo Vinci (c1696-1730) has been long overdue. He trained at the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo...
Reviewed by David Vickers 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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