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...
Given that I encounter Brahms’s Op 120 Sonatas in their alternative viola versions nearly as often as the clarinet originals,...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2021
It’s a mere decade since Viktoria Mullova’s last recorded foray into Beethoven’s violin sonatas (9/10). Then her co-conspirator was Kristian...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2021
In singularity and softness of volume, the classical guitar is the antithesis of the orchestra, yet musicians such as Berlioz...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 06/2021
Since the Norwegian Radio Orchestra regularly plays at the concert celebrating the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, outgoing chief...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 06/2021
Weber and Brautigam are a very fine match and it seems remarkable that this is the first period-instrument recording of...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2021
Recorder players haven’t been too poorly served when it comes to concertos by Vivaldi, given that not only did he...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2021
Set down at the Barbican the evening before the UK’s Covid lockdown for concert halls and theatres in March 2020,...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2021
Paavo Järvi and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra continue their exploration of Tchaikovsky with the neglected Second Symphony and the iconic...
Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 06/2021
The two performances on this often remarkable album were recorded almost three years apart, with Heldenleben taped live in Rome,...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2021
The year 1972 was a cracking one for symphonies – more especially for what might be called symphonies against the...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2021
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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