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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DVORÁK; MANSURIAN; MARTIN Piano Trios (Delta Piano Trio)
Previous releases of Taneyev and Borodin (Naxos) and Shostakovich and Auerbach (Odradek) left little doubt as to the Delta Trio’s...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2022
DOPPLER; KULHAU Romantic & Virtuoso Music For Flute and Piano
If you’re not an expert on all things flute, the chances are that the names Franz and Karl Doppler and...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2022
CHOPIN Piano Concertos (Emmanuel Despax. Chamber versions)ertos (Emmanuel Despax. Chamber versions)
When the string quintet (two violins, viola, cello, and double bass) versions of the Chopin concertos appear in the antiquarian...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2022
BRAHMS; SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintets
The Dalí Quartet and Olga Kern give a plainspoken account of Brahms’s F minor Quintet, one that’s rather short on...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2022
BRAHMS Piano Quintet Op 34. String Quintet Op 111
In 2018 the Pavel Haas Quartet won their sixth Gramophone Award for a recording coupling Dvořák’s Piano Quintet (with Boris...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2022
Stockholm Diary
All the composers included on this intriguing and beautiful album hail from cool climes but lived (or spent significant time)...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 06/2022
Renewal
Following up on their very well-received debut album ‘In Motion’ (2/21), the United Strings of Europe (formed by students at...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2022
Raffaele La Ragione: Mandolin on Stage
Many of these performances warm into truly enjoyable interpretations, though what inspires this slowly-does-it, tentative approach, I’m not certain. Take...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 06/2022
Simon Callaghan: British Piano Concertos
The title of this album, ‘British Piano Concertos’, may be self-effacing but the contents are anything but, with five of...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2022
WEINBERG Works for Cello & Orchestra. Chamber Symphony No 4 (Pieter Wispelwey)
Weinberg’s recorded coverage expands apace, this release featuring three of his concertante works in readings that eschew the asperities of...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse 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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