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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DANCIGERS; WUNSCH 'Dawn'
As its name indicates, Grand Electric is the grand-piano-meets-electric-guitar duo creation of guitarist Mark Dancigers and pianist Aaron Wunsch. Dancigers...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2025
WOLF-FERRARI Il segreto di Susanna (Krieger)
Wasn’t it Oscar Wilde who said that a cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure – exquisite, and...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2025
WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (Rattle)
Hard on the heels of ‘The Kurt Weill Album’, Joana Mallwitz’s confidently branded yellow label debut (DG, 9/24), LSO Live...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 02/2025
PUCCINI Madame Butterfly (Edusei)
This is the second recording for DVD/Blu ray of the Royal Opera’s long-serving 2003 production, though much changed between the...
Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 02/2025
HANDEL Lotario (Cremonesi)
Lotario (December 1729) used a libretto adapted from a recent opera by Orlandini that Handel probably heard earlier that year...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2025
Tales of Song and Sadness
Over a period of around 50 years, important creative alliances were forged between Dutch recorder player, flautist, conductor and early...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 02/2025
La Comedie humaine: Chansons Balzaciennes
Baritone and conductor Arnaud Marzorati and his ensemble Les Lunaisiens have been specialising for more than a decade now in...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2025
ZELENKA Missa Gratias agimus tibi
Bohemian double-bass player Zelenka acted as de facto Hofkapellmeister at the Dresden court’s Roman Catholic chapel from the start of...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2025
VIVALDI Dixit Dominus. Magnificat (Prandi)
It’s hard to believe that the Vivaldi project is three-quarters through, it has seemed so everlasting, so generous and so...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 02/2025
F SCARLATTI Il Daniele nel Lago de' Leoni
Francesco Scarlatti worked as a violinist in his older brother Alessandro’s orchestra at the viceroyal court of Naples for seven...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2025
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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