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JS BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2
Having recorded Bach’s core keyboard works during his contract with Decca in the 1980s, András Schiff began revisiting this repertoire...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2012
JS BACH Sonatas & Partitas BWV1001-3
The only frustrating thing about this disc is how long Isabelle Faust (or maybe Harmonia Mundi) has made us wait...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 11/2012
JS BACH The French Suites
Andrea Bacchetti takes an unashamedly pianistic approach to Bach – and there’s nothing wrong with that. Thus he’s not afraid...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2012
Songs of Springtime
The 20 tracks on this secular Anglo-Irish part-song anthology provided the perfect aural backdrop to the patches of snowdrops and...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2013
Refractions: Choral Works by Valen, Berg, Messiaen & Webern
This intriguing compilation contrasts the music of three composers with strong Germanic connections, all born in the 1880s, with works...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 05/2013
Erasmus van Rotterdam: In Praise of Folly
This monumental collection is a celebration of the life and impact of Erasmus, visionary of the global village ahead of...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 05/2013
Anna Prohaska: Enchanted Forest - Baroque Arias
Thank you, Anna Prohaska, for not doing a Handel or Vivaldi arias disc; I am with my colleague David Vickers...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2013
Alleluia
Belying the stereotyped image of Russian sopranos, the 23-year-old Julia Lezhneva fields a voice of bell-like purity, even throughout its...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2013
Folk Stories: Songs by Beethoven, Britten & Mahler
Somewhere between the promising inception of this project and the final disc, significant elements have been lost. In her booklet-notes,...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 05/2013
Il Tesoro di San Gennaro
Atoning for their recent offering of bawdy Neapolitan cantatas, I Turchini here do penance in music associated with the chapel...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2013
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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