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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HENDRICKX; MOZART 'Flow' Clarinet Concertos (Annelien Van Wauwe)
During lockdown, while some of us got stuck into baking sourdough, clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe practised yoga and commissioned Flemish...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2022
GUBAIDULINA Orchestral Works (Kalitzke; Klee)
This is a most interesting collection of three of Sofia Gubaidulina’s less-heard orchestral works. Pro et contra, from 1989, is...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2022
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3 (Kristian Bezuidenhout)
Remember the Beethoven semiquincentennial? The 250th-birthday celebration which was squeezed, contorted, if not ignored all together, in the face of...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2022
HANDEL La Resurrezione (Bicket)
Amid a string of triumphs from Handel’s glittering Roman sojourns, none rivalled the sacred oratorio La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 06/2022
Boyd Meets Girl: Songs of Love & Despair
The intimate character of Boyd Meets Girl’s new album is apparent right from the outset of the first track, their...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2022
TEIRSTEIN 'Restless Nation'
Andy Teirstein (b1957) composed his string quartet Restless Nation (2010, rev 2020) after a sabbatical year during which, with his...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2022
SOPER The Understanding of All Things
When the line ‘Here is a central source of musical emotion’ sounds like poetry, you’ve fallen under the spell of...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 05/2022
SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas, D850 & D960 (Anne-Marie McDermott)
In the opening measures of the D major Sonata, D850, Anne-Marie McDermott throws down the proverbial gauntlet with a power...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2022
Confluence – Balkan Dances & Tango nuevo
The idea of bringing together Eastern European folk dances and tango nuevo is a sound one. Astor Piazzolla, tango nuevo’s...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2022
La captive du sérail
The 18th century saw a fashion for operas on oriental subjects, often concerning a European woman being rescued by her...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2022
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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