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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JS BACH Variations on Variations
‘Variations on Variations’ sees Rinaldo Alessandrini take keyboard works by JS Bach which adopt the variation as their generating musical...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 02/2018
Juliane Banse: Love's Embrace
This programme brings together some of the most seductive songs of Joseph Marx, Walter Braunfels, Korngold and Pfitzner in a...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2018
Echoes Through Space and Time
It might not be immediately clear from the cover what this recital actually is. Claudia and Grégory Moulin are billed...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2018
Celebrating English Song
Anyone new to the art of English song in the 20th century should look no further than this delightful programme....
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 02/2018
The Bach Players: Bach and before
As ever The Bach Players have devised a programme to get you listening with fresh ears, in this case to...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2018
Äneas Humm: Awakening
The Swiss baritone Äneas Humm is only in his early twenties – and arguably looks even younger on the cover...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2018
A due alti
Countertenors Filippo Mineccia and Raffaele Pé form a vocally impressive and well-matched duo for this selection of duetti da camera...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 02/2018
R WILLIAMS Sacred Choral Works
Roderick Williams OBE (b1965) is no stranger to these pages, being one of this country’s most distinguished baritones, equally at...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2018
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Beyond My Dream: Music from Greek Plays
Here’s yet another hugely enterprising rescue-act from Albion Records, this time on behalf of nearly 63 minutes’ worth of incidental...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2018
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Songs of Travel
In his absorbing booklet essay, Stephen Connock draws attention to Vaughan Williams’s very special and deeply personal identification with the...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2018
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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