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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JS BACH Arias with Piccolo Cello
This enjoyable disc features arias with an obbligato part for the violoncello piccolo, thought to be a smaller version of...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2013
WIENIAWSKI. CONUS Violin Concertos
Wieniawski’s First Concerto, composed when he was just 17, shows the young violinist’s ambition to scale the heights of virtuosity...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 04/2013
WEINBERG Symphony No 8
In 1964 Weinberg produced a follow-up to his Sixth Symphony that displays an even more sharply focused social conscience. The...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 04/2013
VIVALDI Bassoon Concertos Vol 3
In his booklet-note for this third volume of bassoon concertos, Sergio Azzolini wonders what or who it was that inspired...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2013
TURINA Danzas fantásticas
The comparative versions listed below of the purely orchestral works show how popular Turina’s colourfully scored compositions have become. It...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2013
TELLEFSEN Piano Concerto No 1, Op 8
The first of Tellefsen’s two piano concertos, completed in 1848 and first performed in 1852, confirms the composer as a...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2013
SIBELIUS; TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concertos
Soyoung Yoon gives meticulous, highly disciplined performances of both these concertos. It’s lovely violin-playing, stressing clarity and beauty of tone....
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 04/2013
SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3
With this disc of the two ‘named’ symphonies, Christian Zacharias and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra round off their survey of...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2013
RAVEL Orchestral Works
There is nothing unusual in the choice of works for this portmanteau CD of central Ravel but Emmanuel Krivine elicits...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2013
RAFF Symphony No 2
I had to smile when, at around 12'09" into the Orchestral Prelude to The Tempest of 1879, I noted how...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2013
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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