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...
This set of Schubert’s symphonies arrives just in time for the 225th anniversary of the composer’s birth. While a good...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2022
Here’s a tale of two Röntgens. On the first CD, we have the Seventh of the composer’s 24 symphonies, composed...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2022
Something of a revelation, this disc, this programme – and, for the creator of Appassionato, Mathieu Herzog (late of the...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 02/2022
Marius Neset (b1985) has now emerged among the leading jazz practitioners, and this release with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2022
As this final chapter of Adám Fischer’s distinctive, occasionally inspired Mahler cycle draws to a close, dare I say that...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 02/2022
Within just five years of its publication in 1818, Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel inspired a stage play that became...
Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 02/2022
How good is your French? The two parts of Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path – the 10 pieces published in...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2022
Israeli-born, Hanover-resident Sharon Kam (b1971) studied with Charles Neidich at the Juilliard School in New York. In a successful global...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2022
Eleven volumes and 35 symphonies down, Giovanni Antonini now reaches a third of the way through his Haydn cycle with...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2022
This double-CD set offers a valuable and absorbing selection of Hanns Eisler’s songs and shorter orchestral works from across his...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 02/2022
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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