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...
Another riveting performance from Paavo Järvi’s army-of generals Estonian Festival Orchestra and another album on which it’s hard to get...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 10/2023
It is Gordon Jacob’s use of the orchestra in his Piano Concerto No 2 that rouses the admiration more than...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2023
Inspired by the Emerging Artist Competition at DePauw University’s 21CMposium in 2016, Awadagin Pratt, Mark Rabideau and Judd Greenstein developed...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2023
This survey of American music for cello and piano includes a pair of standard works (the Barber and Foss) and...
Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 10/2023
Ashley Jackson’s new album may be relatively short but it is long on feeling and artistic connections. She pays tribute...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2023
The Shea-Kim husband-and-wife duo offer impressive performances of four works that require an equal musical partnership. The duo have won...
Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 10/2023
Concertos are a popular format among contemporary orchestral composers: they not only tick multiple boxes in the commissioning process but...
Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 10/2023
Chandos already has a Parry catalogue to reckon with, including several of the secular choral works directed by Matthias Bamert....
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2023
The Emerson Quartet’s farewell to recording on their retirement after a distinguished 40-year career is strikingly different from their Beethoven-Schubert...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2023
Conducted by Jakub Hrůša, Barrie Kosky’s modern-dress staging of Katya Kabanova caused a considerable stir in Salzburg last year. An...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 10/2023
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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