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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PADEREWSKI Piano Concerto STOJOWSKI Symphonic Rhapsody
Any new Jonathan Plowright recording is a cause for celebration, even more so when he brings to the catalogue a...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2017
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto. Romances SCHUBERT Rondo
This interpretation of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto could be considered ‘old school’ by today’s standards. Indeed, if you’ve heard Manze’s sinewy account...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2017
RAMEAU Pygmalion. Les fêtes de Polymnie – Suite
According to the Mercure de France, Rameau composed Pygmalion (1748) in less than eight days, responding rapidly to an urgent commission...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2017
Mari Samuelsen: Nordic Noir
Mari Samuelsen is joined by her cellist brother Håkon and the Trondheim Soloists for an album which hangs off the...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2017
La flûte norvégienne
This is as much a celebration of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra’s principal flute chair as it is a snapshot of...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2017
Vladimir Jurowski: 10 Years
Unlike many of his colleagues, Vladimir Jurowski has always been a records man. The Russian-born conductor freely admits to Andrew...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2017
WEINER Serenade. Five Divertimentos
I demand to know what Neeme Järvi has for breakfast! At 80 years old, with nearly 500 recordings under his belt, he...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2017
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No 7. Concerto for Two Pianos
Here’s the final instalment in the Vaughan Williams symphony cycle launched so propitiously all those years ago by Richard Hickox...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2017
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No 2, ‘A London Symphony’
Martyn Brabbins masterminds a superbly involving account of Vaughan Williams’s A London Symphony in its first published edition from 1920. Clocking...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2017
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra MAHLER Totenfeier
Those familiar with Vladimir Jurowski’s Strauss from the concert hall will have some idea of what to expect from his...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 11/2017
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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