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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Rocking Horse Road
Whose voice would you take with you to a desert island? Jacqui Dankworth would come close to the top of...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2022
Mirages: The Art of French Song
Roderick Williams and Roger Vignoles explore French song-cycles, familiar or otherwise, in an engaging recital, which also adds into the...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2022
Letter to Kamilla
One of the earliest tragedies the Jewish people had to endure was the destruction of the Second Temple by the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2022
Hypnos
La Tempête’s projects always give one plenty to think about. Here their subject is sleep and its metaphorical adjunct, death,...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 03/2022
Sasha Cooke: How do I find you
While many musicians experienced meltdown during lockdown (for understandable reasons, of course), others found creative and artistic freedom in the...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2022
The Queen's Six: From Windsor With Love
It’s like the teacher’s pet bursting out in a hail of expletives, or a Hollywood good girl gone suddenly bad:...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2022
Joyce DiDonato: Eden
We begin high up in the atmosphere with a chord that shimmers into being like the opening of Ralph Vaughan...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2022
STRAUSS 'Zueignung' (Sarah Wegener)
Though Sarah Wegener has an extensive discography, the majority of her recordings are ensemble efforts with concert works ranging from...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2022
SCHUBERT Winterreise (Benjamin Appl)
For the first release of his new relationship with Alpha, baritone Benjamin Appl dives deep into the wintry heart of...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2022
PERGOLESI Stabat mater HAYDN Symphony No 49
A surprise awaits those expecting the voices of soprano Jodie Devos and mezzo Adèle Charvet to intertwine in the anguished...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2022
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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