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...
Bára Gísladóttir is emerging as a major figure on the contemporary music scenes in Denmark (where she lives) and Iceland...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2023
The prospect of Adolf Busch writing quartets is an enticing one for any listener curious to hear inside the mind...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 04/2023
I can imagine some listeners finding these interpretations of the Brahms violin sonatas a bit too subdued, although I find...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2023
Conversationalist Beethoven, this – meaning that two very different voices (Midori, gentle; Thibaudet, assertive) bring their individual qualities to each...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2023
Robert Levin and the Academy of Ancient Music pick up their Mozart piano concerto cycle where they left off quarter...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2023
This is a marvellous recording. It’s not uncommon for conductors as distinguished as Neeme Järvi (who turned 85 last year)...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 04/2023
After a string of well-received albums for BIS (5/18, 12/18, 4/19, 6/20), star violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing moved to Sony in...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2023
It was impossible not to be intrigued when this one appeared on my desk. Dvořák’s mighty Cello Concerto – an...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 04/2023
Having been somewhat neglected in recent decades, Franck’s once-popular Symphony in D minor appears to be enjoying something of a...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 04/2023
A very revealing coupling from Storgårds. The question is often asked why it is that the predecessor to the Twelfth...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2023
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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