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 Flutes Sonatas Nos 1, 2 & 4-6
Bach’s six flute sonatas (three with obbligato keyboard, the rest with continuo) come down to us with varied pedigrees, lucidly...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 06/2013
BERLIOZ Les nuits d'été. Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17: Love Scene
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Robin Ticciati have already demonstrated their glowing credentials in Berlioz with last year’s release of...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2013
The Red Piano
Ever since New York Times critic Harold Schonberg panned the Yellow River Concerto in 1973 as a ‘rehash of Rachmaninov,...
Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 05/2012
75 Years of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition
The international violin competition in Brussels, founded as a result of the friendship between Ysaÿe and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium,...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 05/2012
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphonies Nos 4 & 5
Toronto-born Peter Oundjian (a prize-winning pupil of Manoug Parikian and former first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet) took over...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2012
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring. Firebird Suite
The languid opening bassoon solo, which in this instance more evokes a humid rainforest than an unforgiving patch of pagan...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2012
SPOHR Symphonies Nos 7 & 9
A depiction of Winter that opens Symphony No 9 probably exemplifies why Beethoven said of Spohr, ‘He is too rich...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 05/2012
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2
Moscow-born Andrei Korobeinikov, only in his mid-20s, offers highly competitive accounts of the two Shostakovich concertos. Colourful, agile, sensitive, imaginative...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2012
SCHOENBERG Pelleas and Melisande
No composer-conductor is more sensitive than Pierre Boulez to the divergent responses to Wagner’s Tristan that can be traced in...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 05/2012
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 3. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
The Rhapsody kicks off at a real allegro vivace, full of intent and purpose but with less sense of an...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2012
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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