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...
Various composers have attempted writing series of works for solo instruments, most famously, perhaps, Berio in his 14 Sequenzas (1958-2002)....
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW21
When the first lockdown hit, husband-and-wife team Elena Urioste and Tom Poster started broadcasting daily from a borrowed home in...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW21
While it’s true that not every great violin is a Stradivarius, and not every Stradivarius is truly great, it is...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: AW21
Although they have tended to be overshadowed in the context of his large and diverse output, the violin sonatas by...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW21
Sono Luminus’s recent reissue of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s debut album on Innova, ‘Rhízōma‘ (2011), served as a good reminder that while...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW21
Something old, something new, something borrowed … I guess all transcriptions are borrowed – or purloined – and viola players...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW21
Hot on the heels of the Tippett Quartet’s marvellous recent disc of Penderecki’s complete string quartets comes this superb account...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW21
‘Too highly seasoned’, ran an early review of Mozart’s six ‘Haydn’ Quartets. ‘And whose palate can endure this for long?’...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW21
The Engegård Quartet last appeared in these pages in a pairing of Schumann’s Piano Quartet and Quintet (with Nils Anders...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW21
In recent years, Another Timbre has established itself as a vital new-music label. Its releases tend towards quiet, slow music...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney 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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