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...
Here is another recording that will mean more to attendees of the associated live event than those seeking a general...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 02/2023
Haydn’s cello concertos may top and tail the running order but this programme hinges around the figure of Nicola Porpora...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2023
Eight years, 13 volumes and 41 symphonies into his ambitious ‘Haydn 2032’ project, Giovanni Antonini selects three works in which...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2023
The Maastricht-based Philharmonie Zuidnederland has been building a notable discography during recent years, with its latest release on Fuga Libera...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2023
The first thing worth mentioning about this remarkable recording is the sound, an Andrew Keener production with engineer Dave Rowell...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2023
There was a time between 1906 and 1949, during the 43-year stewardship of chief conductor Volkmar Andreae, when Zurich’s Tonhalle...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2023
'An 1876 version of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony?’ I hear diehard Brucknerians asking. ‘Have I have been missing something all these...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2023
Marcus Bosch and his Heidenheim-based period band are coming to the end of their journey through Beethoven’s music for the...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2023
Antonello Manacorda describes the Kammerakademie Potsdam’s approach to Beethoven as a ‘merger’ between the worlds of modern instruments and period...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2023
The grass is always greener: I’ve lost count of how many Bach transcriptions I’ve listened to over the past 12...
Reviewed by Mark Seow 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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