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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MASLANKA Symphony No 10, 'The River of Time'
When David Maslanka died on August 7, 2017, barely five weeks after his wife and three weeks shy of his...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2020
Amy Yang: Resonance
On paper, the idea of Bach’s Fourth Partita and Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze bookending the recorded premiere of Caroline Shaw’s 14-minute Gustave...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2020
Maija Kovalevska: Majesty
The Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska first came to prominence in 2006 when she won Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition, which led...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2020
Roberto Alagna: Caruso 1873
What’s this? Roberto Alagna singing Colline’s Coat Aria from La bohème? Has he followed other tenors in (mis)appropriating baritone and...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2020
WEBER Der Freischütz (Janowski)
With a project as well realised as this, one reflects how Weber and Kind’s great 1821 work may still be...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 02/2020
VERDI La Traviata (Manacorda)
Can it really be 25 years since the BBC ripped up the television schedules at short notice to broadcast the...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2020
SMYTH Fête Galante LEHMANN The Happy Prince
I have a pet theory that certain composers do their finest work with their lightest touch – and if you’ve...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2020
MOZART Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mehta)
This performance from 2017 is a re creation of the famous production first seen at the Salzburg Festival in 1965....
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2020
LULLY Phaéton (Dumestre)
Phaéton was the last of Philippe Quinault’s librettos for Lully to be based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses. After its premiere at...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2020
GRÉTRY Raoul Barbe Bleue
Premiered in March 1789, months before the storming of the Bastille, Grétry’s take on the Bluebeard tale, as told by...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2020
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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