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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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6 (Currentzis)
You may be inclined to adjust your set from the very opening, and you should: the disc demands a high...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018
Nathalie Stutzmann: Quella Fiamma - Arie Antiche
Nathalie Stutzmann identifies a ‘Madeleine’ moment for her in this recording, recalling that Caldara’s ‘Sebben crudele’ was ‘the first aria...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2017
Matthias Goerne: The Wagner Project
When does an album become a project? Perhaps when it is spread over two CDs, as Matthias Goerne and Daniel...
Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 01/2018
WAGNER Die Walküre (Thielemann)
A bizarre concept: a 50th-anniversary celebration of Karajan’s Salzburg Easter Festival by his major disciple Christian Thielemann which comprises a...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2018
WAGNER Die Fliegende Holländer (Heras-Casado)
In a short booklet essay, the director of this Fliegende Holländer, Àlex Ollé, tells us that he and his creative...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2018
STRAUSS Salome (Orozco-Estrada)
With a coupling of Ein Heldenleben and Macbeth released on Pentatone last year (11/16), Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Frankfurt Radio...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2018
SCHOENBERG Moses und Aron
At least my colleague David Patrick Stearns will be pleased. He eagerly anticipated the release of this film in his...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018
SAARIAHO Only the Sound Remains
One part of the booklet describes Kaija Saariaho’s Only the Sound Remains as ‘two Noh plays’ and another ‘two short...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2018
Marina Rebeka: Amor fatale - Rossini Arias
After a Mozart disc, given a guarded welcome by Richard Wigmore in these pages (Warner Classics, 10/14), the Latvian soprano...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2017
RAMEAU Les Indes Galantes (Bolton)
It’s such a simple solution that it’s hard to believe it has taken this long for the opera world to...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2018
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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