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...
David Briggs’s previous Vaughan Williams release for Albion (10/15) was an acclaimed bumper two-disc set ‘Bursts of Acclamation’, recorded in...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 06/2022
The First Sonata is seldom encountered in performance, due to its half-hour length and the myriad interpretative challenges it poses....
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2022
Dear Federico, Since you’ve chosen to write a letter to Mozart in the booklet to your latest CD, I thought I’d...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 06/2022
Johann Ludwig Krebs was among Bach’s most accomplished students, and like many of his students and Bach’s sons as well,...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2022
DG is making the most of its signing of Grigory Sokolov, one of the world’s greatest pianists and perhaps its...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2022
Orion Weiss approaches the oft-recorded Goyescas suite more as a classicist in line with recent versions from Garrick Ohlsson, Jean-Philippe...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2022
Radamés Gnattali (1906‑88) is apparently a familiar name to virtually all Brazilian musicians, though less so perhaps to musicians in...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2022
‘Do we know how Chopin ought to be played or do we just think we do?’ asks the Ukrainian-born pianist...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2022
Simon Trpčeski’s new Linn recording of masters of the variation is likely to inspire admiration and astonishment in equal measure....
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2022
Unlike his earlier ‘JS Bach from Lincoln’ album (Priory, 11/18), Colin Walsh has avoided any of the big headline-grabbing works...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 06/2022
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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