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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FARRENC Etudes & Variations for solo piano (Joanne Polk)
Since Joanne Polk has long championed piano music by important pioneering women composers such as Fanny Hensel and Amy Beach,...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2020
AMIRKHANIAN Loudspeakers
Charles Amirkhanian (b1945), composer, percussionist, record producer (not least of early discs by Antheil and Nancarrow, whose music Amirkhanian championed)...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2020
Daniel Moult: The English Organ
North German organs of the late 17th/early 18th centuries and French organs of the late 19th/early 20th centuries, along with...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 06/2020
Lucas Debargue: To music
Happy the young musician with a film-maker for a friend. At least if the film-maker is as talented – yet...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2020
The Long 17th Century: A Cornucopia of Early Keyboard Music
Clearly not one to do things by halves, Daniel-Ben Pienaar – whose releases already include the complete Beethoven sonatas and...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2020
Yuval Zorn: Landscapes
It’s not enough for Yuval Zorn to be one of today’s most distinctive symphonic and opera conductors; he’s also a...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2020
Rudolf Buchbinder: The Diabelli Project
Anton Diabelli, the pianist, composer, and publisher from near Salzburg, brought out Beethoven’s Op 120 in 1823 and the following...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2020
Dmitry Shishkin: Concours de Genève, Breguet
With its relatively short duration, five-language notes, moody photographs and generous space allotted to sponsors (Breguet Watches of Switzerland, who...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2020
SWAYNE Stations of the Cross (Simon Nieminski)
For many organists the name of Giles Swayne became associated with their instrument with his Riff-Raff of 1983, which set...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 05/2020
SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas D845, D894, D958 & D960 (Shai Wosner)
Of Shai Wosner’s 13 or so CDs, if my calculations are correct, four are solo recordings, and three of those...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 04/2020
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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