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...
One of the more recent entries into the Beethoven Piano Concerto sweepstakes is the collaboration of the Canadian pianist Stewart...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2020
Who’s afraid of a new ism? In the first decade of the 2000s, along with fellow Paris Conservatoire graduate Raphaël...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 05/2020
Although Nielsen’s Flute Concerto is well established in the repertoire, the other concertos on this recording are less frequently heard...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2020
So is this the last Romantic piano concerto? It might well be; but the work’s precursor In Seven Days –...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2020
Górecki’s series of string quartets, written over a relatively short span of time (the first dates from 1988) are absolutely...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 05/2020
Chinary Ung (b1942) is a Cambodian-born, California-resident composer whose music has been featured on more than 20 recordings from mostly...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020
This splendid recording by the London Philharmonic Orchestra of four richly romantic works written by Barbara Harbach in 2017 shows...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 05/2020
When it comes to contemporary late 20th-/early 21st-century piano repertoire, Aleck Karis has few peers. He plays Elliott Carter’s Night...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2020
This ninth disc from Navona devoted to the music of Michael G Cunningham (b1937) concentrates on instrumental and chamber pieces...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020
It’s wise to leave preconceptions at the door while listening to this captivating programme of Brahms clarinet works. The musicians...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 05/2020
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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