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...
Enthusiasm, affection and style were three of the attributes of the Busch Trio’s playing identified by Richard Bratby when he...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2023
This is not the first modern recording dedicated to ‘Elgar’s violinist’, WH (‘Billy’) Reed: Dutton issued a collection of violin-and-piano...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2023
This trio of Russian musicians certainly have this music flowing through their veins, but is that enough in a crowded...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2023
It’s incredible to think that Mozart’s three ‘Prussian’ Quartets – his final statements in the genre, written for amateur cellist...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2023
What a little miracle Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio (1786) is: just under 20 minutes of his finest music for his three...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2023
I adore this recording. Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud bring us the music of Marin Marais – on cello and...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 02/2023
Arthur Lourié (1891-1966) is an endlessly fascinating composer. Like Stravinsky, whose friend (and in some ways mentor) he was, his...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 02/2023
Shostakovich aside, few post-war string quartets can have made more of an impact on record than Dutilleux’s Ainsi le nuit....
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2023
‘Technological process in some cases has a fruit-like cycle’, cellist Leonard Elschenbroich writes in the booklet note, ‘and we found...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2023
Imagine uprooting the traditional New Year’s Day concert from Vienna’s Musikverein and transporting it to the Opéra-Comique in Paris. And...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2023
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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