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...
Two church cantatas here for the weeks after Trinity: No 21 composed for Weimar in 1714 and No 76 from...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2021
For several decades the North American choral scene has been an important market for British composers such as Rutter, Carter,...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2021
The chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, is known around the world, in the words of David Briggs, who narrates this...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 05/2021
In a relatively short time, Clare Hammond has established herself as a pianist of impressive abilities who avidly explores repertory...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2021
Le tombeau de Claude Debussy is in effect a joint memorial published two years after the composer’s death in the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2021
‘Perhaps the most important contribution to the solo violin repertoire since the writings of Bach and Paganini’, writes Kerson Leong...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2021
When Alexey Stanchinsky died in mysterious circumstances in 1914 at the age of 26, he left behind a remarkable body...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2021
Hearing the Prokofiev sonatas in chronological order is always a fascinating exercise, as the enthusiastically embraced Scriabin influences of No...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2021
The 26-year-old Naples-born pianist Pier Carmine Garzillo, who did advanced studies at the universities La Sapienza in Rome and Alfonso...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2021
There is no shortage of fine modern players capable of making magic out of Bach’s works for unaccompanied violin. Alina...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2021
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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