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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A Meditation: St John Henry Newman
As with all of The Sixteen’s releases, this new one manages to magically bridge the old and the new with...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2022
Lux Laetitiae: Splendours of the Marian Cult in Early Renaissance Ferrara
I’ve not always been kind to La Reverdie, but one must salute the remarkable stability of their cast and approach...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2022
Entre Deux Mondes
This is one of those rare recitals that takes one risk after another – with handsome pay-offs in what initially...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 08/2022
Celestial Dawn
Until recently girls had little choice when it came to top-level choristerships. The news that both St John’s, Cambridge, and...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2022
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin (Gerald Finley)
After Winterreise (4/14) and Schwanengesang (A/19), Gerald Finley and Julius Drake arrive at Die schöne Müllerin. As with the previous...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2022
SCHUBERT Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe (Samuel Hasselhorn)
After an impressive debut album devoted to Schumann (11/20), the young German baritone Samuel Hasselhorn turns to Schubert for his...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2022
SANDONI Cantatas & Instrumental works
A search reveals that the name of Pietro (or Pier) Giuseppe Sandoni has never appeared in Gramophone before, so a...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2022
RAVEL Cantates Pour Le Prix de Rome
What a delicious surprise this has turned out to be. I’ll wager only a tiny minority of true Ravel aficionados...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2022
PETTERSSON Barfotasånger
This is the fourth complete recording of Pettersson’s 24 Barefoot Songs for voice and piano (1943 c1949), the first to...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2022
PÄRT; POULENC; STRAVINSKY Choral and Orchestral Works
This is an imaginative and colourful juxtaposition of sacred music for choir and orchestra, different in style and intention as...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 08/2022
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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