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...
Couperin’s four inventive trio sonatas and suites entitled Les nations (published Paris, 1726) were composed over a period of about...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2013
If Enrico Gatti is thinking of recording all four of Corelli’s sets of trio sonatas, it may take a while;...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2013
Rumours of the death of early music have, of course, been greatly exaggerated but the recent trajectory of L’Arpeggiata is...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born to sing these songs, and indeed many collectors will probably already have the performance of Mussorgsky’s...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2013
It was an excellent idea to take a specific Sunday in the church’s liturgical calender as the basis for this...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 04/2013
Among the glories of 19th- and 20th-century Anglican liturgical music are settings of the canticles, especially the Magnificat and Nunc...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2013
The Dresden Chamber Choir’s complete Schütz project continues with two contrasted releases. Vol 4 is devoted to the Zwölf Geistliche...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2013
This reissue celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Netherlands Chamber Choir. What gloriously warm and uplifting music this is –...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 04/2013
This is an absolutely outstanding release, bringing together a number of particularly intriguing works by Pärt. Though one could justifiably...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 04/2013
It is some time since a CD was devoted entirely to the rich wellspring of Parry’s 12 volumes of English...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 04/2013
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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