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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GLANVILLE-HICKS Sappho
Here’s just a small part of the riveting ‘back story’ of this never-quite-forgotten Australian composer (1912 90). A student of...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 04/2013
DUKAS Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
The familiarity of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice seems to have detracted from recognition of one of the major French operas of...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 04/2013
BRITTEN The Rape of Lucretia
This performance springs into life from the opening bars. Ian Bostridge is on top form as the Male Chorus, engagingly...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 04/2013
DEBUSSY Préludes - Books 1 & 2 (complete)
If you are looking for a reaction to Gieseking’s opalescent if often careless magic or to Krystian Zimerman’s crystalline alternative,...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2012
Debussy_Solo Piano Music
Angela Hewitt was widely acclaimed for her recording of Ravel’s solo piano music a few years ago. Debussy, however, is...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2012
DEBUSSY Complete Works for Solo Piano
Debussy may have been a revolutionary but he was also the most deeply introspective of composers. Like Robert Graves in...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2012
COUPERIN Works for Harpsichord
Go back to Blandine Verlet’s recordings of various Couperin Ordres from the late 1970s and you hear a distinct temperament...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 11/2012
CHOPIN Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise. Etudes. Nocturnes. Waltzes
It was just a matter of time before the world’s most popular classical pianist devoted an entire CD to the...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2012
CAGE Music of Changes. Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
David Tudor’s dedication to Cage’s work at a crucial stage from the 1950s can only be described as saintly. He...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 11/2012
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas
Harmonia Mundi must like Beethoven’s piano sonatas. As if Paul Lewis’s complete cycle wasn’t enough, the label now presents Javier...
Reviewed by Jed Distler 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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