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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SCHUMANN Carnaval, Op 9; Faschingsschwank aus Wien
As Maurizio Baglini launches into Carnaval, the first impression is of a muddy acoustic, in which the textures lose definition...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2013
RACHMANINOV Complete Preludes
The last time Rachmaninov’s complete Preludes came my way was Steven Osborne’s widely praised account (Hyperion, 6/09), a set which...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2013
PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas
Here are two Prokofiev recitals by two Russian pianists of different generations (Koroliov is now 64, Kozhukhin 27), the first...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 04/2013
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No 17
The opening ‘Promenade’ sets the tone for the whole of Alice Sara Ott’s visit to Mussorgsky’s gallery. It sounds as...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2013
MOZART Piano Sonatas Nos 10-12
Think for instance of Walter Gieseking, and his performances of K331 and K332 (EMI Icons) that combine precisely articulated playing,...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 04/2013
Around Britten
This disc is a distillation of the pieces Matthew Barley is taking on his 100-date tour this year to celebrate...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 04/2013
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 2
The second volume of Jonathan Biss’s Beethoven cycle for Onyx begins with the Op 7 Sonata, where the first movement...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2013
JS BACH Six Partitas BWV825-830
Vladimir Feltsman’s 1999 Bach Partitas first appeared around a decade ago on the Urtext label, coupled with the same composer’s...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2013
Italian Journey
It is very appealing to be taken on a tour of Italy through Respighi, Puccini, Verdi and Boccherini by way...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 04/2013
English Violin Duos
The two-violin repertoire is a wide and varied one, and even though this new disc focuses on ‘English Violin Duos’,...
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse 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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