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...
More than half of this disc of music by the American composer Mark Volker is devoted to the titular Young...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 04/2018
Paul Moravec’s ambitious The Blizzard Voices chronicles a snowstorm that suddenly struck across the upper Midwest in 1888 and killed...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 04/2018
This fascinating tribute to Frank Martin is dominated by a chamber edition of nine movements from Ein Totentanz zu Basel...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 04/2018
The music of the past is of near endless fascination to Jeremy Gill (b1975) and, while in no sense a...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2018
As with his symphonies and concertos, Richard Danielpour (b1956) likes to give his quartets (there are seven, spread fairly evenly...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2018
Bach’s Violin Sonatas and Partitas are among the most frequently performed works for the instrument, or any instrument. Recordings evince...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 04/2018
If most of Gershwin may be said to have entered the musical DNA of the United States almost as soon...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2018
The first thing we should do in approaching this musically remarkable and, in terms of its exploration of the composer’s...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 03/2018
The title of this elegant new disc tells much about the nature of the repertoire. The subtitle is less specific:...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2018
For its third recording, the University of Washington Chorale, an advanced undergraduate ensemble containing students from all majors across the...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 03/2018
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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