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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SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No 2 SCARLATTI; PROKOFIEV Piano sonatas
Winner of the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition, Dmitry Masleev delivers his six chosen Scarlatti sonatas, all in the minor mode, with...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2018
PAGANINI 24 Caprices for Solo Violin (Sueye Park)
The first point worth making is that BIS’s recording of the featured Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin (Cremona, 1739) is extremely...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2018
KOMITAS Seven Songs
The eventful and ultimately tragic life of Komitas (aka Soghomon Soghominian, 1869-1935) might well overshadow his legacy as collector of...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2018
BRAHMS Handel Variations. Ballades Op 10
What constitutes interpretation? Surely every artist worthy of the name seeks to internalise the message of the music she or...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2018
JS BACH; YSAŸE Solo Violin Sonatas
It does seem extraordinary that no violinist before Antje Weithaas has recorded a full double cycle of the solo violin...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2018
JS BACH Cello Suites (Demenga)
This is not a reissue of the Bach Cello Suite recordings that Thomas Demenga taped for ECM some 30 years...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2018
ALKAN Edition: The major piano works, chamber music, chamber concertos and organ music
This is the first time Alkan has been granted box-set status. It is a remarkable promotion for a composer who...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2018
A Russian Journey
The superb musicianship, masterly technique and programming savvy informing the American organist Gail Archer’s previous Meyer Media releases prevail throughout...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2018
Elegia
Christopher Nichols and his accompanist Julie Nishimura are colleagues at the University of Delaware. Their programme, primarily designed to showcase...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2018
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring (Piano Duo)
Stravinsky’s four-hand transcription of the complete Petrushka ballet has often been recorded, but not his duet versions of the three...
Reviewed by Jed Distler 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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