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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Byrd & the Tudor Revival
The title may be ‘Haec dies: Byrd and the Tudor Revival’: the Haec dies on this excellent disc is not...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW/2012
Conductus: Music & poetry from thirteenth-century France
Apart from various Carmina Burana selections over the years, there have been remarkably few recordings of the conductus repertory –...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: AW/2012
TODD The Call of Wisdom
Will Todd’s moment in the glare of popular consciousness came in June when his anthem The Call of Wisdom was...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: AW/2012
STRADELLA Ester & La Susana
Musicologists concur with the judgement of late-17th-century writers and musicians: Alessandro Stradella (1639-82) was the finest Italian composer of his...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW/2012
A Requiem for Josquin
It’s hard to dispute the notion that Jean Richafort wrote his sumptuous Requiem as a memorial to Josquin, so shot...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW/2012
NICOLAI Psalms
Otto Nicolai (1810-49), a contemporary of Mendelssohn, is renowned for composing a delightful opera, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, and...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW/2012
MOUTON Missa Dictes moy toutes voz pensées
The more one hears Mouton’s music, the stranger seems the oft-quoted description of him by a 16th-century theorist as the...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW/2012
Antony Hopkins: A Portrait
In the 1940s and ’50s Antony Hopkins was a familiar name as composer, conductor, broadcaster, author, lecturer, first-rate pianist –...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: AW/2012
PURCELL Music for a While HANDEL Trio Sonata Op 5 No 4
An odd programme – Purcell songs and Handel’s radiant solo motet Silete venti, with items for the girls and boys...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW/2012
HANDEL Song for St Cecilia’s Day. Look Down, Harmonious Saint
Handel set Dryden’s sophisticated St Cecilia ode Alexander’s Feast in 1736 and three years later he turned his attention to...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW/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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