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...
This is Rinaldo Alessandrini’s third solo harpsichord album, following the mixed-genre ‘Alla maniera italiana’ (5/00) and a disc of preludes...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2021
The lockdown world has compelled musicians to come up with projects aimed for spiritual uplift. That’s precisely the premise behind...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2021
Artistry of a high order from this gifted young Swedish virtuoso, and further proof that his dazzling debut album pairing...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2021
George Gershwin as seen through the eyes of Benny Goodman is vividly captured on this impressive recording of arrangements by...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 05/2021
It’s no exaggeration to say ‘Hallgató’ turns the outsider experience inside-out, creating an alt-alterity by deftly bringing together Hungarian, Jewish,...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 05/2021
In 2013 Ivan March wrote enthusiastically of ‘Vocalise’, the young LSO principal flautist Adam Walker’s debut recital disc accompanied by...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2021
Founded in 2018 by Adam Walker to explore the chamber repertory for wind instruments, the Orsino Ensemble are joined for...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2021
Completed fragments are curious things. Are they there to render playable music that would otherwise be lost to us? If...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2021
How clever to pair sonatas by Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) and Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836). Renowned virtuosos and pedagogues as...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2021
Here ends Dacapo’s three-disc survey of Rued Langgaard’s complete works for violin and piano, led by two of the composer’s...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor 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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