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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LEVINE The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Tenebrae have already recorded an earlier work by the Moscow-born composer Alexander Levine, Prayers for Mankind (1/11), on texts by...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2013
W HAYES 6 Cantatas set to Musick. Orpheus and Euridice: An Ode
>William Hayes (1708-77) was an important writer on musical aesthetics, staunch ally of Handel and one of the founders of...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2013
GRAINGER Works for Large Chorus and Orchestra
A handful of items we’ve had before – that unforgettable treatment of Kipling’s execution ballad Danny Deever, the exuberant and...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue:
GESUALDO Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday
As I’ve mentioned in a previous review (of Victoria’s six-voice Requiem – Signum, 7/11), Tenebrae’s fondness for a monumental sound,...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue:
BRITTEN 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo. 6 Hölderlin Fragments. Winter Words
Ian Bostridge singing Benjamin Britten is an event. Besides his innate ability to fill the vocal and interpretative shoes of...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 06/2013
BRITTEN The Canticles
The focus of this complete set of the Canticles is tenor Ben Johnson, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 06/2013
BRAHMS Ein Deutsches Requiem
This work may seem surprising in the context of a festival called ‘Chopin and his Europe’, but no matter. Philippe...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 06/2013
BOTTESINI Messa da Requiem
Although his reputation today rests largely on his being the first great international double-bass virtuoso, Giovanni Bottesini (1821-89) also composed...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 06/2013
BERLIOZ Grande Messe des Morts
With the news of the death of Sir Colin Davis in April it is a melancholy pleasure to welcome what...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 06/2013
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No 2; ROUSSEL Symphony No 3
He looks hardly old enough to have started shaving but, lo, the flash of a smile, an energised swing of...
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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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