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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BRAHMS String Quintets (Gringolts Quartet, Lilli Maijala)
To tackle Op 111 first, one of the truly great string quintets, the upper strings’ pulsing semiquavers (cast in 9/8...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2024
BEETHOVEN Piano Trios Vol 3 (Sitkovetsky Trio)
Just as in his symphonies, Beethoven found a new character, a new mode of expression for each of his piano...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2024
BARTÓK; DOHNÁNYI Piano Quintets
It’s always good to see the music of Ernst von Dohnányi paired with his more celebrated contemporaries. There was more...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 09/2024
Our Gilded Veins
Reflections ‘on memory, loss and healing’ by composers ‘with strong links to Scotland’ – which perhaps explains the involvement of...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2024
VIVALDI The Four Seasons (Alfia Bakieva)
Just when you think that the well of new angles on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons has truly run dry, along comes...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2024
SILVESTROV Symphony for Violin & Orchestra 'Widmung' (Lyndon-Gee)
Composed in 1984, the Postludium for piano and orchestra was among the first scores to bring Silvestrov’s name to listeners...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2024
SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos 2 & 5 (Nézet-Séguin)
Writing on Nézet-Séguin’s recording, with the Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony (12/15), David Gutman commented: ‘As followers of...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2024
RAVEL Complete Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Morlot)
All three works on this inaugural disc in Ludovic Morlot’s complete cycle of Ravel’s orchestral works with the Barcelona Symphony...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 09/2024
PAYNE Visions and Journeys
Anthony Payne was born in 1936, the same year as Richard Rodney Bennett, and comparisons yield some obvious, deeply rooted...
Reviewed in issue 09/2024
MOZART Symphonies Nos 35, 36 & 40 (Peltokoski)
At the age of 24, Tarmo Peltokoski has already secured an impressive number of appointments. He is Music Director of...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 09/2024
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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