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...
Search the Reviews Database
WEINBERG Clarinet Music (Robert Oberaigner)
Weinberg’s works for wind instruments have been less well served on disc than those for strings. His three works for...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2020
VIVALDI Concerti per violino VIII ‘Il teatro' (Julien Chauvin)
Make sure you aren’t holding a cup of tea when you put this disc on. The opening chord is the...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 07/2020
VIVALDI Concerti per flauto (Giovanni Antonini)
It may seem strange that Il Giardino Armonico, founded as long ago as 1985 as one of the very first...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2020
VASKS Viola Concerto (Maxim Rysanov)
Most works by Vasks present, in one form or another, a journey towards the light – that of political emancipation...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2020
SØRENSEN Concertos (Skalstad)
Concerto form has provided Bent Sørensen with staging posts along his career beginning with his breakthrough violin concerto Sterbende Gärten...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2020
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos 1 & 5
Diehard LSO mavens won’t need reminding that their orchestra has collaborated with many of the Fifth’s most celebrated advocates. These...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 07/2020
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concertos (Ibragimova)
If there’s one factor above all that sets these performances apart it’s the osmosis between soloist and conductor. There’s a...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2020
SCHOENBERG Erwartung. Pelleas und Melisande
You would be hard-put to know from listening to Pelleas und Melisande, even from following the score, that Schoenberg really...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2020
ROSE Orchestral Works
Although his prowess as a choral conductor has long been recognised (his performances with Singcircle of Stockhausen’s Stimmung resonate 35...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2020
MUSSORGSKY Pictures RAVEL La Valse (Roth)
At just over 44 minutes, this new album from Les Siècles could be considered short measure, but the performance of...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger 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
Gramophone Guides
Follow us
Gramophone Digital Club
- Digital Edition
- Digital Archive
- Reviews Database
- Full website access
From £8.75 / month
Subscribe
Gramophone Full Club
- Print Edition
- Digital Edition
- Digital Archive
- Reviews Database
- Full website access
From £11.00 / month
Subscribe
If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.