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...
As we enter double figures in Hyperion’s distinguished series of transcriptions of Bach for piano, we are reminded of how...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 06/2012
It is obvious from the very opening of the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue that we are in the presence of...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 06/2012
Here we have two quite different approaches to the ‘48’: Peter Hill plays Book 2 on a modern Steinway, while...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2012
English clarinet music of the 20th century is something of a phenomenon. Perhaps by dint of the clarinet’s lyrical disposition,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 06/2012
Rinaldo Alessandrini’s chronological survey of Italian music for four-part strings from the seicento stretches from a canzona published in Venice...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2012
Bravo to the Nash Ensemble for championing these chamber works by Joaquín Turina. Neither of Turina’s compatriots and mentors, Albéniz...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2012
The young Chinese violinist Tianwa Yang has made a speciality of playing and recording the spectacular violin works of the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 06/2012
The debut collaboration of these three distinguished soloists is less of an ego-fest than you might imagine. The reciprocity in...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2012
The majority of Langgaard’s 10 string quartets (only six of which are numbered) are concentrated in his twenties and early...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2012
That Glazunov’s chamber music is often dismissed as old-fashioned isn’t necessarily a bad thing and although, as their teacher, Prokofiev...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2012
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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