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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CAGE Chamber Works Vols 44 & 45
One thing’s for sure, the last person to take any interest in recordings of music by John Cage was John...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 04/2013
BRAHMS String Quartet No 3 SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht, Op 4
If a quartet has any character at all it needs to be easily identifiable blind, and the Quatuor Ysaÿe have...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 04/2013
BRAHMS; SCHUBERT; FRANCK Works for Viola and Piano
It is understandable that Tabea Zimmermann should be completely at home recording these works on the viola, for each one...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 04/2013
PREVIN 2 Little Serenades JS BACH Partita BWV 1004 PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel
There is a surprisingly coherent thread running through what at first looks like slightly random programming here. Its unifying idea...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 04/2013
SCHUBERT Winterreise
My spontaneous reaction after hearing Matthew Rose’s trudge across Schubert’s snowbound landscape was ‘He’ll survive’. From the flickering will-o’-the-wisp of...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 04/2013
HAYDN Keyboard Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11
Hard to believe it’s as long ago as spring 2000 that Leif Ove Andsnes released his benchmark disc of these...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2013
English Music for Viola and Piano
Sarah-Jane Bradley’s viola has a singing quality beautifully suited to this essentially ruminative, lyrical repertoire and Christian Wilson’s role as...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 11/2012
Project Trio: Random Roads Collection
Formed several years ago in Cleveland, based in Brooklyn and comprising Greg Pattillo on flute, Eric Stephenson on cello and...
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 11/2012
Zappa
This album of orchestrated Frank Zappa arrives, as such albums tend to, with a fawning booklet-note by a classical composer...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 11/2012
SCHUBERT String Quintet Op 163, D956
It is becoming slightly old hat to mention that the Arcanto Quartet is a musically magical combination of individually renowned...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 11/2012
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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