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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S S WESLEY Sacred Choral Music
This significant and highly enjoyable release offers a generous cross-section of both well-known and hitherto neglected repertory by, arguably, the...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2024
VECCHI Le veglie di Siena
Orazio Vecchi had two stints as maestro di cappella at the cathedral in his native Modena, although early in his...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2024
SCHÜTZ Musikalische Exequien
As Fabrice Fitch explained in his Gramophone Collection in the last issue, there is already an extensive discography for Heinrich...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 08/2024
A SCARLATTI Prima d’esservi infedele: Cantatas for Solo Voice with Violins
Alessandro Scarlatti composed more than 800 cantatas, so it is little wonder that these four for soprano voice, two violins...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2024
Go, Lovely Rose: Songs of Roger Quilter (James Gilchrist)
‘The songs of Roger Quilter seem to have been with me all my life’, James Gilchrist tells us in a...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2024
BONONCINI 'How the Mighty are Fallen' - Choral Music
A few of Bononcini’s sacred works copied in English 18th-century manuscripts can be connected to their use in concerts by...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2024
Mischa Levitzki: The Complete HMV Recordings
APR first issued this iconic collection in 1992 (APR7020, 6/92). It was a revelation for many pianophiles who had either...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2024
Rebeca Omordia: African Pianism Vol 2
The second volume of Rebeca Omordia’s ‘African Pianism’ proves as much of a revelation as the first (5/22). The opening...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2024
STOCKHAUSEN Mantra (GrauSchumacher Piano Duo)
Whether or not he would admit it, playing jazz piano in the cafés of post-war Cologne left its mark on...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2024
SCHUBERT Ländler (Pierre-Laurent Aimard)
Schubert composed around 450 dances for piano. While their original function may have been modest, all are exemplary of their...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2024
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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