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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Creation
Hard to believe Lockenhaus is now into its fifth decade but this festival, founded in 1981 by Gidon Kremer and...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 10/2022
SULLIVAN L’ile Enchantée (John Andrews)
Another generous programme of Sullivan from John Andrews on Dutton, and at first glance it appears as if most of...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2022
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos 6 & 9 (Lloyd-Gonzalez)
Shostakovich’s Sixth and Ninth symphonies clearly belong together – flipsides of the same coin, the composer wrong-footing the Soviet establishment...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2022
SCHUBERT Overtures and Orchestral Works (Holliger)
How best to respond to a musical fragment? The musicologist’s approach is to order the sketches as coherently as possible,...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2022
SCHMITT Piano Concertos (Howard Shelley)
Eighty-four down, and still counting. Yet again Hyperion has colonised a corner of the Romantic repertoire that others have not...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2022
PETTERSSON Symphony No 15. Viola Concerto
With this release, only four of Allan Pettersson’s symphonies remain for Christian Lindberg to record: Nos 3, 8, 10 and...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2022
NORDIN Emerging from Currents and Waves
Here is plenty to occupy those prone to speculating on the future of orchestral music. Swedish composer Jesper Nordin (not...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 10/2022
MOZART Violin Concertos, Vol 2 (Francesca Dego)
The traditional view is that Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto, K216, represents a huge leap forward in inventiveness after the more...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2022
MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 24 & 17 (Éric Le Sage)
For his first recording of Mozart concertos, Éric Le Sage, in the company of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra and oboist/conductor...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2022
GUERRA-PEIXE Symphonic Suites No. 1 and 2. Roda de Amigos
César Guerra-Peixe (1914-93) was, as well as a prolific composer, a great promoter of Brazilian folk music, and carried out...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody 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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