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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BURGE Sinfonia Antiqua & other works
The four works by John Burge on this new recording show the Canadian composer to be a creative figure of...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW22
BERMEL 'Intonations' Music For Clarinet and Strings
Naxos’s previous release of music by clarinettist-composer Derek Bermel (b1967), ‘Migrations’ (A/19), impressed me with its varied, colourful demeanour, bracing...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW22
Sarah Plum: Personal Noise
A slim discography barely hints at violinist Sarah Plum’s prolific career as a ‘new music specialist’ but confirms her engagingly...
Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 10/2022
Mosaic (Wenting Kang)
Since winning First Prize in the 2012 Tokyo International Viola Competition, Chinese player Wenting Kang has gotten around, playing in...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2022
MCCLELLAND Where the Shadow Glides - Songs, Solo Piano and Choral Works
The catalogue of William McClelland (b1950), as viewed on his website wmcclelland.com, is relatively modest in numbers, divided largely between...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2022
Enfolding
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn’s new album features first recordings of works that transform notions of what 22 strings and...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2022
BEETHOVEN Complete Music for Piano and Cello (Robert deMaine)
Cellists must be eternally grateful to Beethoven for his role in transforming their instrument from supporting player to fully fledged...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2022
WEINBERG The Passenger (Kluttig)
Half the action of The Passenger takes place in the hell-on-earth of Auschwitz and the other half in the false...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2022
VERDI Falstaff (Gardiner)
There are many memorable fat knights in the Falstaff discography, so it’s all the more splendid to have another Sir...
Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 10/2022
TELEMANN Pastorelle en musique (Oberlinger)
In his 1718 autobiography Telemann mentioned that in Frankfurt he had composed about 20 serenatas for weddings. These were entirely...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2022
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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