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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Anna Fedorova: Storyteller
After her selection of fantasies on her previous Channel Classics disc (11/18), the Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova here moves to...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2020
Polina Osetinskaya: Bach; Scarlatti
Polina Osetinskaya imbues each of this disc’s Bach and Scarlatti selections with a full-bodied sonority built from the bottom up,...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2020
JS BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (Thomas Zehetmair)
Two fine instruments were used for these recordings, a c1685 violin by a South Tyrolean master for the Partitas, and...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2020
ALWYN; CARWITHEN Piano Works (Daniel Grimwood)
This is not the first time that the works of both husband and wife have appeared together on the same...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2020
The Russian Album: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Shchedrin
It’s not just Yuja Wang whose encores threaten to steal the show. Christoph Croisé and Alexander Panfilov’s ‘Russian Album’ is...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2020
The Lyrical Clarinet Vol 3 (Michael Collins)
A new CD from Michael Collins is like walking into a three-star Michelin restaurant: you don’t know exactly what’s on...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2020
TELEMANN Frankfurt Violin Sonatas
When Bruce Haynes proclaimed ‘the end of early music’ in the title of his book from 2007, he did not...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2020
RADULESCU Complete Cello Works
Having released editions of Cage and Feldman, Mode is now releasing the complete works of the Romanian spectralist Horațiu Rădulescu...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 02/2020
QUANTZ Flute Concertos (Greg Dikmans)
Johann Joachim Quantz cuts an intriguing figure on the contemporary visibility front. On the one hand, he was renowned in...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2020
GAL Viola Music, Vol 1 (Hanna Pakkala)
‘This sweeping lyricism … fundamental to Gál’s style’ is annotator Richard Marcus’s description of the opening melody of the Suite...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards 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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