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...
Shortly after Haydn’s appointment as Esterházy vice-Kapellmeister, the Vivaldi-loving Prince Paul Anton suggested (ordered?) a series of four ‘quartets’ depicting...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2021
Handel organ concertos may not be what you associate with the gilded fittings of the Vienna Musikverein, though apparently performances...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 09/2021
Nico Muhly and Philip Glass go back a long way. There’s a scene in Scott Hicks’s 2007 documentary on Philip...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2021
This Oehms two-disc set from the pianist Pascal Rogé, who turned 70 this spring, combines the Ravel G major and...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2021
What a difference a decade makes. Over recent years I’ve become so used to Nicola Benedetti’s concerto releases covering repertoire...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2021
We’ll get to the cello concerto later because the main event here is Water Atlas, the final part of Sebastian...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 09/2021
One of the recent developments in the history of the Carl Nielsen International Music Competition is that the winners of...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 09/2021
Earlier this year, Francisco Coll appeared as composer/conductor on an Alpha album featuring Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Sol Gabetta and the chamber...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 09/2021
Emmanuel Despax offers a heartfelt tribute to his recording team and fellow musicians in this new recording of Brahms’s First...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2021
First let me pose a question regarding the function of oddball concerto cadenzas, when and where to use them. Outstretching,...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2021
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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