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...
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KAHN Leaves from the Tree of Life
The rediscovery of music suppressed in the Third Reich continues with this release of music by Robert Kahn (1865-1951), a...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2021
A French Connection
Beyond ‘fabulous’, it’s not always easy to put a finger on what exactly Ernst Chausson’s ear-grabbing Concert in D, Op...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2021
BRAHMS Viola Sonatas. Zwei Gesange Op 91 (Antoine Tamestit)
Allegro amabile, the tempo indication for the first movement of Brahms’s Op 120 No 2, seems almost an invitation from...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2021
Prism III - Beethoven, Bartok, JS Bach
When Beethoven shares the theme of Op 131’s Andante between the two violins, it’s like two friends, not always but...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2021
JS BACH The Well-Tempered Consort II
It is a rare and wonderful thing when a sequel surpasses its first instalment. In my review of Vol 1...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2021
Settecento: Baroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States
After the Fiats, the chess pieces and the football shirts comes the Vespa, another striking cover image for the latest...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2021
WEINBERG Violin Concerto. Sonata for Two Violins (Gidon Kremer)
Given his unstinting advocacy of Mieczysław Weinberg in recent years, it was inevitable that Gidon Kremer would eventually tackle the...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2021
VIVALDI Bassoon Concertos (Sergio Azzolini)
Believe it or not, but after the violin, the instrument Vivaldi wrote the most concertos for was the bassoon. There...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2021
SULLIVAN Ballet Music (Penny)
A welcome transfer from Marco Polo to Naxos for this enterprising Sullivan coupling that originally appeared in 1992. First heard...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2021
SUCKLING This Departing Landscape
Those who follow new music in the UK will likely have come across Martin Suckling (b1981) with his impressive song-cycle...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2021
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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