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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The Munich Philharmonic at the Proms
If the indefatigable Valery Gergiev remains controversial for reasons as much political as musical, the Munich Philharmonic, which prospered artistically...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2018
Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos
‘WA Mozart may have written the greatest works for horn and orchestra but this should not lead us to define...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2018
WIDMANN Viola Concerto (Tamestit)
Still in his mid-forties, Jörg Widmann has a sizeable discography as a composer, clarinettist and now conductor. This latest release...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2018
WALTON Viola Concerto (Ehnes)
It’s not just critics who get things wrong. Even great soloists have occasionally rejected concertos before changing their minds. Nikolay...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2018
URSPRUCH Piano Concerto. Symphony
By coincidence, on the day this CPO disc arrived for review I was engaged in researching the booklet for a...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2018
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto (Weithass) String Quartet No 3
‘A gracefully elegant, thoroughly aristocratic Russian’ is how the German violinist Antje Weithaas describes Tchaikovsky in her booklet note. She...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2018
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto (Gabriel Schwabe)
The Spanish-German cellist Gabriel Schwabe offers what the booklet describes as Schumann’s ‘Complete Works for Cello’. In fact, all that...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2018
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto (Brendel)
‘Next to … Liszt’s Variations on Bach’s “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” … I found the neoclassicist/neo-baroque corset worn by Brahms...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2018
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5 (Descharmes)
Saint-Saëns’s five piano concertos are well catered for on disc. Every home should have at least one complete set of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2018
RUDERS Viola Concerto. Handel Variations
Poul Ruders’s Viola Concerto was written in 1993 94, between his First Cello Concerto, Anima, and First Piano Concerto, but...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2018
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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