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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JOSQUIN DESPREZ 'Tant vous aime'
Josquin has long been established as a pre-eminent oltremontano – a northern European composer who crossed over the mountains into...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 07/2022
CHAMPION Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
If I praised this ensemble’s last disc to the skies (8/21), it’s because it brought something new to the table:...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 07/2022
The Art of Duo-Piano Playing
Though not as well known in the UK and Europe as they were in the US, the piano duo of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2022
MESSIAEN Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus (Bertrand Chamayou)
It’s always a thrill, and a privilege, to return to Messiaen’s mighty masterpiece. And this new one got me thinking...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2022
BOLCOM The Complete Rags (Marc-André Hamelin)
Hamelin and Bolcom are old friends on disc and in life. Back in 1987, the young Canadian recorded Twelve New...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2022
Alter Ego
The lyricism and novel sound world suggest moments on Ralph Towner and Paolo Fresu’s 2008 album ‘Chiaroscuro’ (ECM). The fragility...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 07/2022
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Nonet. Piano Trio. Piano Quintet
These three chamber works, which lay undisturbed and unperformed for the whole of the last century, were selected to be...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2022
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7. Pelléas Et Mélisande. King Christian II (Collon)
This is a rooted performance of Sibelius’s last symphony from the first non-Finn to lead the orchestra of the Finnish...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2022
RAVEL Piano Concertos. Mélodies (Cédric Tiberghien. Stéphane Degout)
Every now and again accounts of Ravel’s concertos come along that set new standards: the G major from Michelangeli and...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2022
Wolfgang Holzmair : The Philips Recitals
As this welcome 70th-birthday retrospective reminds us, Austrian baritone Wolfgang Holzmair’s voice is surely one of the most immediately recognisable...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2022
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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