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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OFFENBACH Fables de la Fontaine
The shocking pink packaging says it all. If Offenbach had a colour then this might be it. Then there’s the...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2020
OCKEGHEM Complete Songs Vol 1
In 1982 Decca Florilegium issued the first-ever recording of Ockeghem’s entire secular music with the Medieval Ensemble of London (10/82)....
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 01/2020
MONTEVERDI Vespers (Bestion)
It takes beats, not bars, to realise that we’re not in Venice anymore with this new recording of Monteverdi’s 1610...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2020
LEIGHTON Sacred Choral Works
Time to be honest about Kenneth Leighton. He loved Howells as much as the rest of us; but while Howells’s...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2020
HENZE Das Floß der Medusa (The Raft of the Medusa)
This beautifully prepared recording issues the most compelling if belated of invitations to consider afresh a seminal work of the...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2020
Handel Uncaged: Cantatas for Alto
Part recital and part musical detective drama, ‘Handel Uncaged’ is, ironically, entirely captivating. At its centre is a premiere Handel...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2020
GESUALDO Second Book of Madrigals
The past few months have opened up a rich seam for Gesualdo enthusiasts, with an impressive new release from Exaudi...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2019
DVORÁK Stabat mater (version for soloists, choir and piano)
The timing given above is no misprint. Neither has Howard Arman made a Hervé Niquet-style dash through a score stained...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2020
DOWLAND 'Whose heavenly touch'
When you think of the Argentinian soprano Mariana Flores you think of Monteverdi, Cavalli, Vivaldi, maybe even Frescobaldi. But Dowland?...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2020
BRAHMS A German Requiem (1871 London Version. Lewis)
Contributions to the booklet from Katy Hamilton and the conductor Andrew Lewis make a persuasive case for this downsized, vernacular...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2020
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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