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ELGAR Symphony No 1. In the South (Woods)
In its time the ESO has worked with many distinguished Elgarians. I will never forget seeing Michael Tippett in 1985,...
Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 04/2025
BUSCH Piano Concerto (Florence Millet)
Performer-originated concert music tends to land itself lukewarm press notices. Think of works by Klemperer, Kubelík, Bruno Walter, Weingartner, Furtwängler...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2025
BRIAN Agamemnon. Symphonies Nos 6 & 12 (Brabbins); Nos 29-31 (Fredman)
Even for ardent Brianophiles, Hyperion’s latest release will set pulses racing for its first recording of Agamemnon, the fourth –...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2025
BENNETT Orchestral Works Vol 5 (Wilson)
Poised as we are between the anniversary celebrations of Arnold Schoenberg in 2024 and Pierre Boulez’s centenary in 2025, there...
Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 04/2025
BEETHOVEN King Stephen, The Ruins of Athens. Leonore Prohaska (Equilbey)
This short album of Beethoven’s theatre music is a strange one. The overtures to Kotzebue’s 1811 plays Die Ruinen von...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2025
JS BACH Keyboard Concertos (Beatrice Rana)
Although Beatrice Rana has dazzled us with her Prokofiev, Chopin and Ravel, she has also recorded a much admired account...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2025
JS BACH The Complete Violin Concertos (James Ehnes)
Blinded by brightness of intonation and the precipitous clarity of bow strokes, I struggled with this album at first. On...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 04/2025
BACEWICZ, LUTOSŁAWSKI, SZYMANOWSKI Orchestral Works (Søndergård)
This album of Polish music has a hidden Beethoven agenda. Grażyna Bacewicz (‘a woman who saved the honour of Polish...
Reviewed by Aleksander Laskowski in issue: 04/2025
ANSORGE; SAUER Piano Concertos (Oliver Triendl)
Emil Sauer (1862-1942), as he was born, was among Liszt’s most distinguished pupils, a renowned virtuoso, distinguished pedagogue and successful...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2025
PUCCINI Tosca (Harding)
The gods – or at least the A&R gurus at Deutsche Grammophon – were clearly listening when I concluded my...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2025
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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