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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Etsuko Hirose: The Complete Denon Recordings, 2003-2007
Etsuko Hirose has appeared a few times in these pages over the past five years, most recently her ‘Sheherazade’ disc...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2025
James McVinnie: Dreamcatcher
Has the king of instruments ever been so well served as by James McVinnie on this recital of piano solos...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 03/2025
Arc III (Orion Weiss)
What fresh and intelligent programming! More importantly, what mindful pianism and stimulating musicianship Orion Weiss brings to the third release...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2025
WOLOSOFF Rising Sun Variations (Bruce Wolosoff)
‘What do we do to keep sane?’ was the Covid lockdown’s big musical question. Bruce Wolosoff used this time to...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2025
SCRIABIN Complete Piano Sonatas (Nuno Cernadas. Yunjie Chen )
Scriabin’s mature music features mystical ecstasy entwined with satanism, violence merged with tenderness and aphrodisiacs laced with poison – all...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 03/2025
Lise de la Salle: Phantasmagoria
Lisa de la Salle is a seasoned Lisztian. Her B minor Sonata is beautifully recorded (lovely-sounding piano), considered, technically assured...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2025
FIELD Complete Nocturnes (Alice Sara Ott)
Gone are the days when one heard the name of John Field mentioned only as a precursor of Chopin. Now...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2025
DUFOURT L'Origine du monde
As one of the six separate compositions by Hughes Dufourt on this album, written between 1994 and 2018, L’origine du...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 03/2025
CORRETTE Les Amants Enchantés & other Harpsichord Pieces (Olivier Baumont)
Michel Corrette’s name will be familiar to French Baroque buffs, his copious output perhaps less so; his better-known works include...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2025
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9 (Tessa Uys, Ben Schoeman)
Here is the sixth and final volume of all nine Beethoven symphonies heard in the arrangements for piano duet by...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2025
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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