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...
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MOZART Complete Piano Sonatas (Mao Fujita)
Sony likes to make a splash with its new signees – remember Igor Levit’s last five Beethoven sonatas (11/13) or...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2022
MONTGEROULT Études (Clare Hammond)
Where will Clare Hammond pop up next? If she is not championing new works and recording their world premieres, she...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2022
LISZT 'The Organ Composer' (Anna-Victoria Baltrusch)
A good programme, this, with all three of Liszt’s major organ works and the addition of Totentanz in an arrangement...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2022
John Wilson: Upon Further Reflection
Young pianist John Wilson has chosen an interesting blend of 20th-century American piano music for his solo debut release on...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2022
CHAMINADE Piano Music (Mark Viner)
I might just as well simply repeat what I wrote in the February 2019 issue when I welcomed Mark Viner’s...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2022
JS BACH 'Bach on the Bassoon' (Bram van Sambeek)
Bram van Sambeek brings us Bach on the bassoon. And to overdo the alliteration, his playing is bold, beguiling and...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2022
JS BACH The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol 7 (Benjamin Alard)
The chorale prelude has so long been established in our musical culture as a stand-alone organ piece that its origins...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2022
A Golden Cello Decade, 1878-1888
Important cello sonatas arrived in trickles until 1878, Steven Isserlis writes in his detailed and delightfully informative booklet note, the...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2022
Les frères Francœur
This album charts the Francoeur family – a French musical dynasty spanning the Baroque to the early Romantic period. First,...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2022
Society: Bach; Abel
The excellent booklet notes tell us that there is ‘no extant record’ of what works were specifically performed at the...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2022
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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