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...
Michelangeli remains an ultimate musical enigma. One minute stiff and unyielding – a veritable Prussian officer of the keyboard (much...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2013
The centrepiece on this new release is the latest, the Concert Piece for oboe doubling cor anglais, two harps and...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2013
Chloë Hanslip continues here her admirable record in exploring little-known corners of the violin’s repertory. Othmar Schoeck’s Concerto of 1911...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 05/2013
As the D minor Symphony creeps into life and whispers its hints of those melodic fragments that are to blossom...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 05/2013
The march of technology is not always beneficial to art. This is one of those discs that a few years...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2013
When Chandos boxed up Yan Pascal Tortelier’s Dutilleux recordings with the BBC Philharmonic in 2002 there was little extant vocal...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2013
‘Johann Jeremias du Grain ranks among the most important 18th-century composers of Gdan´sk,’ begins the booklet-note to this release. ‘He...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2013
The first recording of Corigliano’s Clarinet Concerto (1977) with Stanley Drucker and the New York Philharmonic came out on New...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 05/2013
Back in the late 1980s, Steven Isserlis set down memorably eloquent versions of Bridge’s Oration and Bloch’s Schelomo with Richard...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2013
Of the seven spectacular overtures in this collection, three are exciting introductions for operas, one is actually part of an...
Reviewed by Ivan March 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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