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...
The authorship of Septem verba a Christo in cruce moriente prolata has been disputed for more than a century. There...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2013
Most claims of ‘first recording’ status don’t stand up to scrutiny, so it’s wise of Hyperion and Coro not to...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 05/2013
Instrumental music is John McCabe’s usual stamping ground but over the years he has produced a fair crop of choral...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 05/2013
In a just world, credit owed where credit’s due, you’d be filing this disc under ‘Sebastian Gottschick/Charles Ives – A...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 05/2013
Probably best known in Britain for his 15 year tenure as principal guest conductor of the BBC Singers and for...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2013
This is, incredibly, the sixth commercial recording of Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus, RV807, in less than a decade since the Dresden...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2013
Considering The Passion of Ramakrishna is concerned with Indian mysticism – in particular the life, death and transfiguration of Sri...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 05/2013
Though best known as a composer for the harpsichord, François Couperin also composed motets, a Magnificat and at least three...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 05/2013
This two-CD set of Britten from the Choir of New College, Oxford, collects together ‘all the music…which might reasonably be...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 05/2013
After the profoundly impressive recent liturgico-contextual vision for the St John Passion from the Dunedin Consort and John Butt, two...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 05/2013
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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