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...
It is a deep pleasure to hear this ensemble flourish. Since winning the 2019 Gramophone Early Music Award it has...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2022
Brahms’s hearty Liebeslieder Waltzes offer two distinct experiences: soloists relaxing with charming, intelligent music without great technical demands, and choruses...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2022
Has anyone else directed Mahler’s Fourth Symphony while singing the finale from the podium? Surely not … but the present...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2022
The annual album of piano rarities from the previous year’s eponymous festival in Husum is always cause for celebration. Dedicated...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2022
In my youth, senior organists who had grown up in the pre-war era would often enquire apropos a player in...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2022
The majestic textural landscape, rich harmonic palette, wide dynamic contrasts and cosmic breadth characterising Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen best lend...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2022
Listening to percussionist Joby Burgess is like a musical shot in the arm. His recordings are so full of vibrant...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 12/2022
Kodály’s Solo Cello Sonata has led a charmed life on disc, from János Starker’s inspirational recordings of the 1950s (Nixa,...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2022
Vincent Larderet enters the Scriabin 150th-birthday sweepstakes with a judicious overview of works spanning the composer’s creative lifespan. Expansive and...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2022
For the last instalment of his Schubert survey, recorded over 20 years, Paul Lewis has chosen three earlyish sonatas. The...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 12/2022
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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