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...
I was happy to bump into Robert Fuchs’s First Sonata (1878) again, having been charmed by its many felicities on...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2022
This generously filled album brings together four works by contemporary American composers either scored or adapted for wind ensemble. Adam...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 11/2022
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s follow-up to her Gramophone Award-winning recording of Weinberg’s Second and 21st Symphonies (6/19) couples two of his less...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2022
Julien Chauvin and Le Concert de la Loge bring us the latest in their Vivaldi Edition with Naïve, a recording...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 11/2022
The final instalment in Owain Arwel Hughes’s Sibelius cycle features the composer’s last three symphonies, and very impressive performances they...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 11/2022
I don’t think anybody would deny that there were times when Gennady Rozhdestvensky wore his craft so lightly, so casually,...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2022
Schubert can hardly be thought to have become caught up in anniversary fervour but a generous production of symphonic recordings...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2022
I think it’s fair to say that I greeted the inaugural Ravel collection from this source (7/21) with ‘modified rapture’....
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2022
We might love Rachmaninov for his big tunes but he is also a great master of building epic spans from...
Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 11/2022
Julien Chauvin and Le Concert de la Loge reprise the overture-concerto-symphony formula of their previous Mozart recording (1/22) with a...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2022
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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