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
JORDLYS Contemporary Norwegian Songs
Hege Høisæter spent 14 years in the soloist’s ensemble of the Norwegian Opera before her retirement in 2016 and has...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2020
Papagena: Hush!
If Papagena were an all-male a cappella ensemble rather than an all-female group they would be household names in the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2020
Stéphane Degout: Epic
Though never just another pretty baritone voice, Stéphane Degout takes his dramatic sensibility to a new level in this ‘Lieder...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 05/2020
The Call of Rome (The Sixteen)
When you think of Roman polyphony you think of balance, order, elegance. Not for Rome’s composers the rougher textures and...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2020
THEILE St Matthew Passion (Cordes)
The Passion settings of Schütz, from around 1666, still follow the example of Victoria and the polyphonists in setting the...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2020
STRAUSS; WAGNER Songs (Gerhard Siegel)
Anyone who’s heard Gerhard Siegel live will know that he’s a formidable performer, and in Wagner’s Ring a Mime who...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2020
MONTEVERDI Vespro della Beata Vergine (Pichon)
I’m never quite sure who buys classical concert DVDs; one viewing is usually enough, I would have thought, especially if...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2020
MONIUSZKO Milda. Nijoła
These are the very first recordings on CD of two cantatas by Moniuszko on themes taken from part of the...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 05/2020
PERGOLESI Stabat Mater (Rousset)
A final example of Bach’s insatiable appetite for critiquing fresh musical worlds occurred when the composer arranged Pergolesi’s Stabat mater...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 05/2020
JANÁCEK The Diary of One Who Disappeared
It’s been a good year for Janáček’s The Diary of One who Disappeared. First came Nicky Spence’s superb new account...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2020
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.