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...
Monteverdi’s Venetian church music – whether written for St Mark’s or elsewhere in the city – is preserved selectively in...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2018
Roman Maciejewski (1910 98) wrote his Requiem over a period of 15 years, between 1945 and 1959, during which time...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2018
Although Michel-Richard de Lalande is not the most frequently recorded of French Baroque composers, he was certainly one of the...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2018
Wojciech Kilar’s music may be known to you even if you do not know his name, since he wrote scores...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2018
Back in the 1990s, the highlight of my reviewing year was almost always the arrival of a new CD from...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 07/2018
This is the second disc of choral music by American composer Gary Davison that Matthew Owens and his excellent Wells...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2018
A new disc of delights from the sprawling oeuvre of Charpentier is always welcome, especially when it comes from an...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2018
Death-longing and the almost erotic union of Christ and the soul-as-bride are the keynotes of these ‘Dialogue Cantatas’, each of...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 07/2018
Although it has taken 14 years, the mighty challenge for one player to record the complete organ works of Sigfrid...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2018
Assuming you’re after a complete set of Telemann’s Twelve Fantasias for unaccompanied flute, is there any living flautist you’d rather...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2018
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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