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...
You might describe this entertaining disc as trumpeting (apologies) the extraordinary talents of Romain Leleu through a medium well used...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2022
Daniel Hope was never just another violin virtuoso. His curiosity, his ability to think outside the box, to embrace passions...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2022
Viewers in the UK may have seen this Berlin Philharmonic concert on BBC Four in an unscheduled airing on Christmas...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 04/2022
The appearance of this Somm release marks 100 years since the premiere of the brilliant 19-year-old William Walton’s Façade. It...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2022
We’re so familiar with Vivaldi these days that it’s easy to forget what an impact his first set of concertos,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 04/2022
There is much to commend in Noseda’s account of this most extraordinary symphony – and I speak as one whose...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2022
Johan Dalene’s Nielsen Concerto was, to some extent, a known quantity. The young Swede won the Nielsen Competition in 2019...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2022
Four decades into the Korngold revival, it’s a pleasant surprise to be confronted with something completely unfamiliar. In this case,...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2022
The reissue of Christopher Gunning’s Discovery releases on the Signum label continues with a trio of concertos to which Edward...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 04/2022
I did not think Martin James Bartlett’s debut album for Warner Classics (6/19) showed him in the best possible light....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2022
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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