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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Magnificat: Christmas in Leipzig
On their much-anticipated debut recording, Solomon’s Knot offer, in chronological order, works from three successive Thomaskantors: Johann Schelle (1648-1701), Johann...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 02/2020
Alexandre Tharaud: Versailles
Alexandre Tharaud loves a themed disc and ‘Versailles’ is a typically personal exploration of the glories of the French Baroque...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2020
The Art of Variation (Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi)
Here is a programme that would rarely (never?) be presented in the concert hall, one specifically tailored to the medium...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2020
TRUSCOTT Piano Sonatas (Peter Jacobs)
Harold Truscott (1914 92) is a telling example of a composer little appreciated in his lifetime and barely more so...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2020
TCHAIKOVSKY Solo Piano Works (Peter Donohoe)
Russian and Soviet music and culture run like a river through Peter Donohoe’s distinguished career. His joint silver medal at...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2020
SWEELINCK Fantasias, Toccatas & Variations (Richard Egarr)
Despite his enormous influence on Dutch and north German music, especially the composers Bach would study in his youth, Jan...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 01/2020
SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Vols 1 & 2 (Llŷr Williams)
Llŷr Williams’s first commercial disc – an all-Chopin selection including the Preludes – Quartz, 8/06) – received quite harsh criticism...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 02/2020
RACHMANINOV; STRAVINSKY Piano Works (Karine Poghosyan)
The powerful, impassioned pianism displayed in the Armenian-American pianist Kariné Poghosyan’s all-Khachaturian solo debut CD (Grand Piano, 2015) remains evident...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2020
PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas Nos 6-8 (Steven Osborne)
Steven Osborne’s assured mastery in a wide range of repertoire continues to expand and amaze. At first hearing, the pianist...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2020
KHACHATURIAN Piano Works (Iyad Sughayer)
Apart from the ubiquitous Toccata and the Piano Concerto, championed and first recorded by William Kapell with Koussevitzky and the...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker 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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