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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HUGILL Quickening
Robert Hugill’s name may be familiar as the author of the classical music blog Planet Hugill, but he is also...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017
HENZE Lieder vion einer Insel. Orpheus Behind the Wire
Choral music forms a not insignificant aspect of Henze’s output, these three cycles offering a viable (if inevitably partial) overview...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2017
Dorothee Mields: Handel
Handel for viola da gamba? Well yes, there is some, mainly from his early years in Italy, including obbligato parts...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2018
EISLER Lieder Vol 2
The second volume of MDG’s survey of Hanns Eisler’s songs covers the period from after his return from American exile...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2018
DYSON Choral Symphony
A game of two halves in which the first might be more noteworthy but the second is far better. Paul...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2018
DVOŘÁK Requiem (Herreweghe)
With forces a fraction of those envisaged by the composer and not a single Czech or English native among the...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
Though scored by Vaughan Williams with the Huddersfield Choral Society in mind, it transpires that Dona nobis pacem need lose...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018
JS BACH St Matthew Passion (Rademann)
There are strong arguments for opening out the themes of the Passion by means not of a staging transplanted from...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018
Timeless Night: Estonian Cello Works
You get your money’s worth here: Estonia’s flagship orchestra, two of the finest choirs in the Baltics (and, therefore, the...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017
Una Serata Venexiana
With every disc they release there’s something new to like about Capella de la Torre – oboist Katharina Bäuml’s Austria-based...
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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