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...
Adès’s first string quartet, Arcadiana (1994), was premiered a year before Powder Her Face. That this is its sixth recording...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 03/2018
In the moments before pressing play on any new recording from Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the only thing you can be absolutely...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2018
I wonder if Piotr Anderszewski has it in mind to record all of Mozart’s major piano concertos. This is his...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2018
In August 2015 I assessed a clutch of new recordings of the four-hands version of The Rite of Spring and...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2018
To mark the 10th anniversary of Régine Crespin’s death, Warner Classics has gathered together her principal operatic and song recitals,...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2018
This imaginary fête musicale is assembled from assorted works associated with the French court during the reigns of Louis XIV,...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2018
The press notes that came with this disc invoke celebrated duo recitals of the past, but the combination of tenor...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 02/2018
Just over a year after she released her debut disc, ‘A Journey’ (11/16), Pretty Yende offers us a follow-up recital...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2018
This is a staged equivalent to the CD recording welcomed by David Vickers (Naïve, 7/14). The conductor and most of...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2018
I well remember this production of The Tale of Tsar Saltan. In 2008, for the centenary of Rimsky-Korsakov’s death, the...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2018
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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