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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MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 11 - 13
Andrea Bacchetti is a pianist possessed of poise and elegance, attributes mirrored by the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2012
MARTHINSEN Snapshot Symphony
Niels Marthinsen’s Snapshot Symphony (2009) follows its predecessor, Monster (1995, 10/06), by 14 years and equal blithe disregard for Classical...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2012
LISZT Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 WAGNER A Faust Overture
Personally, I have never been swept away by Barenboim’s Liszt. While I stand in awe of his accomplishments as a...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2012
KALKBRENNER Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3
Friedrich (Frédéric) Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner (1785-1849) is remembered – if at all – as the figure who famously offered to...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2012
HEROLD 4 Concertos for Piano and Orchestra
Despite the implausible name of the booklet writer, C Content, I am not at all happy with the rudimentary liner-notes...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2012
HAYDN Violin Concertos Hob VIIa, Nos 1-3
Haydn’s concertos do not count among his most popular works and it’s perhaps not difficult to see why. Composed during...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2012
HAYDN Symphonies Nos 90 & 92
Familiar feelings of anticipation and trepidation on unwrapping the latest recording from Thomas Fey quickly turned to dread on remembering...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2012
GUBAIDULINA Orchestral Music
Sofia Gubaidulina’s music ranges wide, often beyond conventional instruments and instrumental groupings, and plunges deep, both technically and into ideas...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 05/2012
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto. Rhapsody No 2
If we have to have yet another recording of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, there are things to admire in this one....
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 05/2012
FALLA Nights in the Gardens; El sombrero de tres picos
As Chandos’s informative and evocative notes tell us, we have Grieg (an unlikely source, though, like Falla, a devoted nationalist)...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison 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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