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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Palestrina Revealed; Palestrina The Golden Renaissance
Both these recordings were done at All Hallows’ Church, Gospel Oak, by English mixed choral ensembles who perform in a...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 02/2025
ORFF Carmina Burana (Järvi)
The stakes are always higher when a piece is as over-exposed, as much a part of popular culture, as this...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 02/2025
MONTEVERDI Testamento. Vespro della Madonna 1643
Alternative Monteverdi Vespers that draw speculatively from anthologies printed many years after his move to Venice (ie post-1613) have been...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2025
LASSUS 'Orlando: A Melancholic Portrait'
If Lassus had a TikTok account, I’d like to think that some of his posts would sound a bit like...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 02/2025
HASSE Serpentes ignei in deserto
This oratorio is a leisurely setting comprising eight arias and a duet, all da capo, of an episode in the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2025
HANDEL; LOTTI Dixit Dominus
The premise on which this enjoyable recording is based goes something like this: Lotti and Handel became friends during the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2025
CASTAGNET Magnificat
This is the official album released to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on December 8, 2024. The...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2025
JS BACH 'The Art of Obligato'
A worthy follow-up to ‘Sweet Stillness’ (12/22) – on which soprano Mary Bevan joined violinist Davina Clarke and the same...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 02/2025
AMON Sacred Works
The works of Blasius Amon (c1560-1590) show distinct Venetian influences and accordingly he is thought to have been a pupil...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 02/2025
Shura Cherkassky: The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals, 1981-1989
Shura Cherkassky was usually at his best in front of an audience rather than in the studio. Here are four...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas 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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