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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Solti: Journey of a Lifetime
Georg Wübbolt’s film celebrates the 100th anniversary of Solti’s birth on October 21, 1912. After the selection of pithy encomiums...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2013
British Clarinet Concertos
Arguably one of the best-conceived Romantic clarinet concertos, Stanford’s Clarinet Concerto of 1902 has now had a fair number of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 01/2013
Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos
The four CDs come in a slip-case the size and thickness of the average paperback measuring about 8"x5" in old...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2013
WEBER Symphonies Nos 1 and 2. Bassoon Concerto
Weber’s only symphonies were knocked off at great speed – with quasi-Mozartian fluency of melody, orchestration and pulse (and a...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2013
VILLA-LOBOS Symphonies Nos 6 & 7
Just what the world needs, another cycle of Villa-Lobos symphonies? Well, one thing becomes clear from the get-go – Carl...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 01/2013
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Early and Late Works
Given the conspicuous success of John Wilson’s world premiere recording of the imposing Heroic Elegy and Triumphal Epilogue (6/10), it...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2013
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6. Rome and Juliet
Following their intensely refreshing, at times revelatory forays into Schubert, Schumann and Bruckner, Thomas Dausgaard and his exemplary Swedish CO...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2013
TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty Op 66
This is a good, practical interpretation of The Sleeping Beauty. The playing by the Bergen Philharmonic is strong and spirited;...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2013
STRAUSS Alpensinfonie. Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten
A dramatic case of fire and ice if ever there was one. The São Paulo SO, sagely conducted by Frank...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2013
SALONEN Violin Concerto. Nyx
If your ideal of musical Finnishness has to match the austerity and intensity of Tapiola, Sibelius’s final tone-poem, then the...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 01/2013
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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