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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Alexander Gadjiev: Live
Despite the variety of piano brands and differing acoustic ambience throughout these live-in-studio performances recorded for the 2021 Sydney International...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2021
SCHUBERT Impromptus D899. Moments Musicaux D780 (Alexandre Tharaud)
If, like me, you were enraptured by Michael Haneke’s 2012 Palme d’Or-winning film Amour, then this disc should come to...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 12/2021
LIGETI Études pour Piano (Cathy Krier)
In 2014 Cathy Krier released an intriguing album programming Ligeti’s complete Musica ricercata in between two groups of Rameau keyboard...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2021
DVORÁK The Complete Piano Works (Ivo Kahanek)
Doubtless you’ve heard, or at the very least heard of, Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances. But his Scottish Dances? They turn out...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2021
CHOPIN Preludes. Polonaise-Fantaisie. Fantaisie-Impromptu (Aimi Kobayashi)
The Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi, now 26, released her debut recording over a decade ago. She was a finalist in...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2021
CHOPIN Complete Nocturnes (Stephen Hough)
In answer to the reasonable question, ‘Who, at this late date, could have something fresh and original to say in...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2021
BRAHMS Piano Sonata No 3. Fantasien Op 116 (Adam Laloum)
Adam Laloum takes seriously the maestoso directive in the first movement of Brahms’s F minor Sonata, bringing a granitic yet...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2021
BRAHMS Piano Sonata No 3. Ballades (Alexandre Kantorow)
Throughout this Brahms recital, Alexandre Kantorow throws down an epic gauntlet, casting his sights on dynamic and dramatic extremes. The...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2021
JS BACH Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (Fabio Biondi)
Two interesting aspects of Fabio Biondi’s deeply personal set of the Bach solo violin works beg close attention: their considerable...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2021
JS BACH Goldberg Variations (David Fray)
What is it about the Goldberg Variations that encourages such extremes, such individual interpretations? You could argue it’s the plainness...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2021
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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