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...
Prior to ‘Ciaccona’ landing on my desk, had someone mooted the idea of an album of solo violin music of...
Reviewed in issue AW21
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the French pianist long resident in Los Angeles, has chosen to celebrate a milestone birthday with the release...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW21
Is it worth mentioning of a solo instrumental recital recorded during the summer of 2020 that it was born as...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: AW21
In several respected and authoritative reference books I have on piano repertoire, (Karl) Wilhelm (Eugen) Stenhammar (1871-1927) simply does not...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21
Before anyone gets too sniffy about Albert W Ketèlbey (1875-1959), it is worth bearing in mind that by the late...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21
Yeol Eum Son (b1986) is a South Korean pianist who first came to public attention when she won the Silver...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21
Having made among the finest recent recordings of Ives’s Second (Concord) Sonata (BIS, 11/17), Joonas Ahonen now turns to its...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW21
I thought I was not going to enjoy this. Beethoven’s Eroica arranged for piano duet – one of the most...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21
A considerable degree of patience is required to get through Samuele Telari’s rendition of the Goldbergs. In our October 2020...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: AW21
Although Vladimir Ashkenazy gave up public piano performances in 2007 due to arthrosis, he still could achieve memorable, world-class results...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW21
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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