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VERDI Requiem (Noseda)
For the first release in its digital-only Verbier Festival Gold series, featuring live recordings from the swanky Swiss festival, DG...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2022
SCHOECK Elegy Op 36 (Christian Gerhaher)
Othmar Schoeck wrote over 400 songs, and Elegie (1921‑22) is arguably his finest achievement in the genre. Like so many...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2022
ROSSINI Stabat mater (Gimeno)
Rossini’s Stabat mater is one of the glories of the composer’s output from his long post-retirement phrase. Its composition spanned...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2022
F & F MENDELSSOHN Arias. Lieder. Overtures (Chen Reiss)
The chic waltz song ‘Italien’ became something of a popular hit after Mendelssohn published it in his Op 8 collection....
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 06/2022
MARTIN Requiem. JANÁCEK Otčenáš (our Father)
Recordings of Frank Martin’s Requiem are not exactly abundant, so this one is very welcome, particularly since this coupling places...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2022
HEINICHEN Dresden Vespers
Unlike his close contemporary Telemann, Johann David Heinichen actually finished his law degree at Leipzig University before switching to a...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2022
JS BACH Cantatas BWV 51, 82 & 84 (Miriam Feuersinger)
In 1731 Bach transposed Ich habe genug up to E minor for soprano and reassigned the oboe part to flute....
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2022
Mortua dulce cano - A Florilegium of Late Renaissance Lute Music (Michał Gondko)
Micha Gondko here plays the so-called ‘Presbyter’ lute that seems to be from the 16th century: at least it has...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 06/2022
Yoav Levanon: A Monument To Beethoven
Yoav Levanon is an 18-year-old Israeli-French pianist. This is his debut album for Warner Classics, a programme with the flimsy...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2022
Fenella Humphreys: Caprices
I almost began this review by saying that the caprice is the star of the show, but I checked myself,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner 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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