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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BERG Wozzeck
Everyone involved in this November 2010 live filming from the Bolshoi – Greek conductor, Russian director, Austrian and American leads...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2012
Dramma per Musica
A flamboyant star in her native Germany, Simone Kermes is a dangerous, no-holds-barred singer. Like Cecilia Bartoli, whom she often...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW/2012
Amoretti: Arias by Mozart, Gluck, Grétry
Christiane Karg is a young soprano from Bavaria with an impressively varied list of opera performances behind her: Poppea for...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW/2012
WEBER Der Freischütz
Claims are made in this set’s handsome booklet for the importance of the ‘pseudo-stereophony’ recording system with which engineer/producer Gerhard...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: AW/2012
WAGNER Siegfried
Hot on the heels of its complete Ring cycle from Hamburg, Oehms Classics now offers the current Frankfurt staging. In...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: AW/2012
WAGNER Lohengrin
After a bumpy, uneven ride through Parsifal, Marek Janowski’s new live Wagner cycle continues somewhat more majestically with Lohengrin. I...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: AW/2012
VERDI Joan of Arc
Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco should come with some sort of ‘surgeon general’s warning’ before anyone hears a note. The real-life Joan...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW/2012
ROSSINI La scala di seta
There is limited choice for La scala di seta, either on CD or DVD, so it is a shame that...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: AW/2012
De FALLA La Vida Breve
Expectations can’t run too high in what appears to be the DVD debut of Manuel de Falla’s infrequently performed opera...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW/2012
CAVALLI La Didone
La Didone is the third of Cavalli’s 27 surviving operas. It was premiered in 1641 at the Teatro San Cassiano,...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW/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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