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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SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concertos. Works for Violin and Piano
I think these two discs are rather good. No. Rephrase that. I think they are exceptional. The point is that...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2017
SZYMANOWKSI Violin Concerto No 1 RAUTAVAARA Fantasia
There are elements of fantasy in both Karol Szymanowski’s heady Violin Concerto No 1 and Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane, but the...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2018
PROKOFIEV Symphony No 7. Lieutenant Kijé - Suite
Marin Alsop’s Prokofiev cycle has had its ups and downs. A particular highlight was the generous coupling of the 1947...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 01/2018
PAUS Odes & Elegies
YouTubers may well be familiar with the name of Marcus Paus as the world’s fastest (electric) guitarist. He has reinvented...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2018
HAYDN Symphonies Nos 19, 18 & 81 KRAUS Symphony
Fresh from winning the Orchestral category at last September’s Gramophone Awards with his previous volume of Haydn symphonies, Giovanni Antonini...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2018
GRIEG Piano Concerto (Bavouzet)
What could be more authentic than the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra performing Grieg – a composer with whom they had a...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2018
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring DEBUSSY Printemps
Three very different musical responses to spring make up this enterprising programme from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2018
BRAHMS Symphony No 2 (Järvi)
Orchestrally speaking, these are performances of refinement and style; rarely have I heard the poco sostenuto end to the Second...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 01/2018
BENNETT Marimba Concerto. Symphony No 3
Richard Rodney Bennett wore his prodigious talent lightly – but he dispensed it generously. From hardcore Darmstadt beginnings to friendlier...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2017
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9 (Böhm)
None of the six occasions on which the Ninth has been given at Bayreuth have lacked cultural or political significance....
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2017
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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