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...
Sergey Tanin was born in 1995. He is a graduate of the Bosikov High School of Music (in the far-east...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2022
‘War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography’ – a quote attributed to the satirist Ambrose Bierce. Which is why...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2022
Booklet notes by Tully Potter include what at first seems to be a detailed survey of the recorded history of...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2022
Listening to Peter Jablonski’s new Ondine album, pianists and lovers of piano music may be prompted to ask: ‘Where has...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2022
Bags of invention have gone into this album. Inspired by the ‘arrangement idiom’ of the Baroque, Lucile Boulanger has created...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2022
There cannot be much repertoire for his instrument that Ondřej Vrabec has not yet tackled, which makes his collection of...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2022
'Punto blows magnifique’, enthused Mozart to his father from Mannheim in 1778. At the end of the century the Bohemian...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2022
Astor Piazzolla’s centenary in 2021 was marked by a slew of recordings, including superb releases from Karen Gomyo (BIS, A/21),...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2022
Gramophone caught up with the Armida Quartet’s Mozart cycle almost a year ago, with a two-disc set (Vol 3, 4/21)...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2022
Writing in the booklet, the Fidelio Trio’s violinist Darragh Morgan and pianist Mary Dullea eloquently describe their strong ties to...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2022
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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