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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RÓZSA Orchestral Works Vol 3
Though Miklós Rózsa had a cosmopolitan career, studying in Leipzig and living in Paris and London before becoming one of...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013
RIES Piano Concertos Opp 42 & 177
Violins not spread out but bunched on the left, cellos and basses similarly on the right. The piano is dead...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 01/2013
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No 2. Sonata for violin Op 80
This splendidly recorded performance of the Second Concerto accentuates its stark and sudden contrasts – the first movement’s swings of...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherezade PROKOFIEV Ala et Lolly
Different worlds entirely. Kirill Karabits’s Scythian Suite, although occasionally hampered by rather edgeless sound (ie the internal brass in ‘The...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2013
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet has fared well on disc, with multiple recordings of the suites and latterly of the complete...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 01/2013
PETTERSSON Symphony No 6. Songs
Allan Pettersson’s Sixth Symphony (1963-66) is one of the middle-period symphonies (Nos 5-8) that to my mind represent his greatest...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2013
MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 27
No susurrating strings at the beginning of K466. Claudio Abbado ensures that the syncopated rhythm, though soft, is precisely articulated,...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 01/2013
MAHLER Symphony No 8
With Mahler having held two prominent New York conductorships during the writing of his Eighth Symphony, many listeners at the...
Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 01/2013
LISZT A Dante Symphony, S109. Orpheus, S98
The obvious point of comparative reference for this excellent 2011 recording of Liszt’s Dante Symphony is the equally excellent Martin...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2013
KNUSSEN Symphonies Nos 2&3. Trumpets. Ophelia Dances
The recordings on the first of these CDs, reissued to mark Oliver Knussen’s 60th birthday, go back to the early...
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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