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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Passions: Venezia 1600-1750
Passions moved, passions shared, and the Passion of Christ on the Cross. This programme, a seemingly disparate selection of early...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 03/2020
Lines Written During a Sleepless Night
Louise Alder’s recording presence moves into a considerably higher gear with this release – not her first recital disc but...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2020
Liederkreis: Decades – A Century of Song, Vol 4: 1840-1850
Schumann’s bittersweet Heine cycle of love frustrated and love betrayed heads the billing here. But as in earlier volumes of...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2020
Camilla Tilling : Jugendstil
Like so many terms borrowed from the other arts, Jugendstil is not easy to pinpoint in music. This recital from...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2020
Mary Bevan : The Divine Muse
Mary Bevan is not just an exceptionally fine soprano. She’s also a superb actress, whether performing on the operatic stage...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2020
Ash Wednesday (Nethsingha)
There is a lot more ‘Evensong Live’ here than on the recent disc bearing that name from King’s College, Cambridge...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2020
Diana Damrau: Strauss
It’s nine years since Diana Damrau’s last album dedicated to Richard Strauss (3/11). That release saw her in in a...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2020
REICHA Requiem (Klauda)
Reicha’s Requiem, composed in Vienna in the first decade of the 19th century, has been described as a link between...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020
MALLOY Octet (Original cast recording)
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the weird and wonderful work of Dave Molloy that...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020
KOŽELUCH Masonic Cantata
The cantata Joseph, Mankind’s Blessing was composed for use in one of Vienna’s Masonic lodges during a period of tolerance,...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020
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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