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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Mariam Batsashvili: Romantic Piano Masters
Although this is essentially a Liszt album – no surprise, as Batsashvili was the first female winner of the International...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 10/2022
Sean Shibe: Lost & Found
The first thing that comes to mind when seeing the cover of protean guitarist Sean Shibe’s latest release is Watteau’s...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2022
Evocations - Contemporary Organ Music (Christian von Blohn)
Don’t be put off by this album’s subtitle, ‘Contemporary Organ Music’. Although there are some ‘tough’ patches, these five pieces...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2022
Gustav Leonhardt: Elizabethan Organ Music
Gustav Leonhardt (1928-2012) had a long and extraordinarily productive career, and his discography includes not just the legendary harpsichord recordings...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 10/2022
Nurit Stark: Bartók, Ligeti, Veress, Eötvös
The supremely gifted Israeli violinist/viola player Nurit Stark has a passion for contemporary music and her command of tonal colour,...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2022
Alexander Gadjiev: A & N Tcherepnin, Prokofiev
Sources close to the 2021 Chopin Competition jury say that had it not been for some inspired risk-taking from the...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2022
PACHELBEL Organ Works, Vol 2 (Matthew Owens)
Matthew Owens’s first album of Pachelbel’s organ works from The Queen’s College, Oxford (10/21) was praised for his sensitive insights...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2022
NEUSIDLER Lute Music (Yavor Genov)
Composers such as Hans Neusidler, whose works could be seen as integral to the development of their instrument’s repertoire –...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2022
Jimin Oh-Havenith: Russian Piano Forte
In the small differences between Mussorgsky’s original piano score and Rimsky-Korsakov’s revision, Jimin Oh-Havenith sticks quite faithfully to the manuscript....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2022
VOLANS; LISZT Études
Composers who write piano études usually aim for bravura and surface flash. Not so Kevin Volans. Although his études certainly...
Reviewed by Jed Distler 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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