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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SCARLATTI Il martirio di Santa Teodosia
Reflecting contemporary iconography, female saints, virgins and martyrs were irresistible subjects for Italian Baroque composers. Alessandro Scarlatti wrote four such...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2020
ROSSI La Lyra d’Orfeo. Arpa Davidica
This triple album comprises two projects recorded 14 years apart. A few relatively better-known arias and cantatas are interspersed among...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2020
PROKOFIEV Songs and Romances (Margarita Gritskova)
Prokofiev’s 72 songs are less well known than other corners of his repertoire, so any chance to increase familiarisation is...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2020
PARK Choral Music (Epiphoni Consort)
When it comes to vocal music it’s less a case of boldly going where no man has gone before than...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2020
LE JEUNE Le Printemps
Claude Le Jeune (1528/30-1600) was one of the more adventurous composers of the late 16th century and part of a...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 08/2020
LASSUS Inferno (Reuss)
As with Brahms, Lassus’s late style tends towards concision and seriousness – words he himself used to describe these qualities....
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2020
HANDEL Continuo Cantatas
The harpsichordist Christian Kjos presents five continuo cantatas composed in Italy between late 1706 and early 1710. Nice, che fa?...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2020
CLEVE Missa Rex Babylonis (Cinquecento)
Since their inception, Cinquecento have shone a light on the Imperial Habsburg court, which hitherto had warranted barely a metaphorical...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2020
BONONCINI La Conversione Di Maddalena (La Venexiana)
Before Bononcini joined Handel writing operas for London’s King’s Theatre during the 1720s, the highly esteemed Modenese composer, cellist and...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2020
BEETHOVEN Lieder & Folksongs (Ian Bostridge)
We could do a lot worse in the Beethoven year than listen more to his songs. Too easily overlooked, they...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley 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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