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...
This is the third album to profile Icelandic composer Hugi Gumundsson, with a fourth on the way in 2023 from...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2023
It was during his student days at the Royal Academy of Music that York Bowen (1884-1961) first struck up a...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2023
If the name Manuel Granatiero is new to you, you’re nevertheless likely to have heard his concerto appearances on several...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2023
The Dudok Quartet here offer us a pair of quartets from 1951, by Grażyna Bacewicz and Dmitry Shostakovich, and have...
Reviewed by Amy Blier-Carruthers in issue: 01/2023
To grasp the recent evolution of the American violin sonata, one need look no further than this excellent recording of...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2023
Tine Thing Helseth’s new album marries a number of works by contemporary composers for trumpet and string orchestra with several...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 01/2023
As orchestras make their programming more inclusive, I’m grateful they haven’t forgotten George Walker (1922-2018), a modernist whose music carries...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2023
It’s easy to underestimate the depth and breadth of Andrew Davis’s repertoire and indeed his sterling qualities as a conductor...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2023
This is welcome indeed: the first commercial recording of non-operatic repertoire from the world’s oldest orchestra for nearly 20 years...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2023
Schumann is naturally a composer close to the heart of Daniel Barenboim’s repertoire, as pianist, chamber musician and conductor. To...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2023
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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