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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Swedish Concertos for Saxophone
When John-Edward Kelly first heard the name of Anders Eliasson – via another composer featured here, Sven-David Sandström – it...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2013
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto
Jamie Walton’s latest anthology for Signum once again shows him to be a impressive performer in terms of technical acumen,...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2013
G COATES At Midnight
During the early 1960s Gloria Coates discovered the glissando. No big deal there, you might think. Xenakis had already determined...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 06/2013
BRUCKNER Symphony No 3
In his successive revisions to this, his textually most vexatious symphony, Bruckner bends the first movement towards a symphonic allegro...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2013
BRUCH Violin Concerto No 1
Guy Braunstein is a persuasive player who is soon to step down from his current position as concertmaster of the...
Reviewed in issue 06/2013
CPE, JC and JS BACH Keyboard Concertos
Always full of surprises, CPE Bach sharply puts the brakes on in the first movement of his D major Concerto,...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2013
ATTERBERG Symphonies Nos 4 & 6
The Sixth Symphony’s celebrity – or notoriety – at winning the $10,000 First Prize in the Columbia Graphophone Company’s Schubert...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2013
In the South
Here is a fascinating galaxy of Italian music for string quartet, opening with a work from a German composer, Hugo...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 06/2013
Hommage à Grieg, Vol 3
Issued jointly on both Blu-ray Disc and Super Audio CD, this German/Swiss teacher/pupil duo’s recital is the third of an...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2013
Histoire du Tango
Popular dance is the connecting thread in Augustin Hadelich’s latest recital disc (his third) for Avie, coupling Argentinian tango, Flamenco...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2013
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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