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...
For a composer of some of the most easy-going music in history, Carl Millöcker appears to have been a tricky...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017
It is partly the constantly changing and complex rhythms that have contributed to the comparative neglect of Medtner’s three piano...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2017
William Mathias didn’t seem to have much, if any, interest in working anywhere near the musical cutting edge, yet there’s...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2017
As Mahler symphonies have become better and better known over the years, so too has the pressure grown on his...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2017
Haydn’s three authentic violin concertos fit ideally on a single disc and are an integral part of every aspiring fiddler’s arsenal....
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2017
Let me urge immediate investigation of George Whitefield Chadwick’s Symphonic Sketches (1895-1904), four colourful tableaux of red-blooded vigour, fresh-faced charm...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2017
If the most common coupling for Britten’s Violin Concerto is more Britten – most obviously the Piano Concerto, as for Mark...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017
As ever with Brahms’s D major Symphony there’s the loaded question: are we talking a thoughtful work with occasional sunbeams reaching...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2017
Marin was both a beginning and an ending for the Danish composer Axel Borup-Jørgensen, who put so much of himself...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017
What could be more appropriate than a Spanish orchestra and conductor to add local colour to Ernest Guiraud’s suites arranged...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 12/2017
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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