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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PINNOCK Lines and Spaces
The arresting output of Naomi Pinnock (b1979) has not received much exposure in the UK (the Huddersfield Festival excepted), so...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2020
PIATTI Operatic Fantasies, Vol 2
How many student cellists have fallen in love, despite themselves, with the studies of Alfredo Piatti? It’s not that they’re...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2020
LIM Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus
Based at the University of Huddersfield, the Australian composer Liza Lim is one of a growing number of contemporary composers...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 08/2020
HAYDN String Quartets, Op 76 Nos 1‑3 ( Chiaroscuro Quartet)
Charles Burney hit the nail on the head. The Op 76 quartets, he wrote, were proof of Haydn’s enduringly youthful...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2020
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos 1, 5 & 8 (Tamsin Waley-Cohen)
These are closely miked studio accounts, with little sense of the 300-seat Snape Maltings acoustic in which they were recorded,...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2020
AHO Chamber Music
Highly prolific composers from Mozart to Martinů have a capacity to pull flair and distinction out of the bag just...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2020
LA Phil 100
The LA Phil had more than a major birthday to celebrate at this concert, which marked 100 years to the...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2020
Augustin Hadelich: Bohemian Tales
I was wowed by Augustin Hadelich’s richly characterised and subtly coloured account of the Brahms Concerto (Warner, 6/19), and his...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2020
Sharon Isbin: Affinity
‘Affinity’ by name, affinity by nature, Sharon Isbin’s terrific latest recording evinces a wonderful talent for making fully hers what...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2020
Martin Fröst: Vivaldi
There’s Venetian intrigue here, a touch of smoke and mirrors. The booklet cover itself raises two questions. ‘Martin Fröst Vivaldi’...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2020
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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