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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PÄRT Stabat Mater (Ross)
Peace Upon You, Jerusalem is Arvo Pärt’s take on I was glad. Celebration is made manifest not via gleaming D...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 09/2020
NIELSEN The Mother
A hundred years ago, as part of the post-war settlement, Southern Jutland (otherwise known as North Schleswig) returned to Denmark...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2020
MOZART Mass in C minor (Minkowski)
Among all his sacred works, Mozart’s grand C minor Mass is perhaps the most challenging for performers. By some way...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2020
HANDEL Messiah (Rademann)
Gaechinger Cantorey and Hans-Christoph Rademann endeavour to present the version of Messiah that Handel directed at its premiere in Dublin...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2020
HAMILTON Joy
Ergodos has in recent years become an essential platform for new music. An independent label founded by the Irish composers...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 09/2020
Those Blue Remembered Hills
Caught at the junction of folk-earthiness and blue remembered sentiment, Ivor Gurney’s music has dated more markedly than that of...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2020
FINNISSY Pious Anthems & Voluntaries
This project originates in a residency of several years the composer undertook at St John’s College, Cambridge. At its heart...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2020
The Secret Fauré, Vol 3: Sacred Vocal Works
Ivor Bolton’s survey of unfamiliar and familiar Fauré examines his sacred music for its third instalment, placing the Requiem and...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2020
BEETHOVEN Secular Vocal Works (Ensemble Tamanial)
A cappella quartets and quintets generally belong to the world of Byrd and the barbershop. Mozart’s vocal canons are like...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2020
Vasco Dantas: Poetic Scenes For Piano
What an interesting and original idea for Vasco Dantas to juxtapose Schumann’s Kinderszenen, Carl Reinecke’s virtually unknown Schumann song transcriptions...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2020
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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