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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BRITTEN Rarities
The Decca Eloquence label has become a wonderful source of welcome rarities, thanks to the initiative and deep knowledge of...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: AW/2012
BRITTEN My Beloved is Mine
Although On This Island started out as a work for soprano, it has increasingly been colonised by tenors (the work...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: AW/2012
BARBER An American Romantic
This is very nearly the complete choral music of Barber, apart from extracts from his operas: with a generous duration...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: AW/2012
JS BACH Secular Cantatas, Vol 2
During the long and nearly completed journey recording all the sacred cantatas, Masaaki Suzuki has only once dipped into the...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: AW/2012
JS BACH Cantatas BWV35 & 170
Leading countertenors of their generation have understandably felt compelled to record at least two of the four solo alto cantatas...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: AW/2012
Lieux retrouvés – Music for cello & piano
This blissfully unhackneyed and brilliantly executed recital takes memory in all its facets as its theme, and the highlight is...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: AW/2012
WEBER Wind Concertos
Weber’s clarinet (and horn and bassoon) concertos seem to have joined the ‘waiting for a London bus’ analogy this year....
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: AW/2012
TELEMANN Complete Violin Concertos Vol 4
Billed as Vol 4 of a complete edition of Telemann’s violin concertos, the three works recorded here are hybrids; in...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: AW/2012
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 1. Snow Maiden (excerpts)
The Stereo Record Guide commented in 1960: ‘Not so long ago it was considered fashionable even when writing literature of...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: AW/2012
SVENDSEN Orchestral Works, Vol 2
Completed just as his friend Wagner was starting rehearsals for the first Ring in Bayreuth, Svendsen’s Second Symphony is a...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman 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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