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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KERNIS Color Wheel
Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony heroically meet the challenges of two large orchestral works by Aaron Jay Kernis that...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 08/2020
JERUSALEM Mass in G
Despite the Spanish form of his name, Ignacio de Jerusalem (1707 69) was Italian, born Ignazio Gerusalemme in Lecce. Like...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2020
DANIELPOUR The Passion of Yeshua
Richard Danielpour is a composer of prolific accomplishment. He has contributed to the realms of concert and operatic music with...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 08/2020
ABEL The Cave of Wondrous Voice
The title of this new disc of chamber music by Mark Abel comes from a song-cycle set to texts by...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 08/2020
Sybarite5: Live from New York
For those unfamiliar with Sybarite5, they are a cutting-edge string quintet comprising the traditional quartet line-up plus double bass. Based...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2020
Saint Louis Premieres
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus stand out for many reasons, among them a mellifluous approach to ensemble-singing that benefits everything...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 07/2020
And That One Too (Sandbox Percussion)
Sandbox Percussion, an ensemble based in New York, have been expanding the repertoire for their vast array of instruments since...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 07/2020
MONK Memory Game
Meredith Monk’s Memory Game (2016-17) can be viewed as one single composition (not unlike a 1980s concept album), a pair...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2020
MARTINŮ Openings
Has there ever been a composer who, with a simple song (or set of them), communicated the sheer joy of...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2020
FLOYD Prince of Players (Boggs)
The full-orchestral version of Carlisle Floyd’s Prince of Players, premiered in a chamber version at the Houston Grand Opera in...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 07/2020
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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