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...
‘Mahler said his time would come – the question now, for me, is when it will go.’ There are so...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 09/2017
'Unidiomatic’, I wrote in my notes on first hearing Ludovic Morlot’s interpretation of Three Places in New England (the opening...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2017
This is a unique coupling from a young Dutch violinist who entered the lists in 2005 with a fervent all-Elgar...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 09/2017
The largest work on this third Champs Hill release devoted entirely to Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s music is Katharsis (2013), written for...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2017
Baroque Song (2007) draws on chorale preludes for organ by Bach – Thierry Escaich is organist at the Church of...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2017
Chineke!’s motto is ‘Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music’. Its orchestra, made up of young Black and Minority...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 09/2017
Callirhoë is no mere ballet score but a ‘ballet symphonique’, a title perhaps inspired by Litolff’s earlier five concertos symphoniques....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2017
The late works of Elliott Carter (1908 2012) are so numerous as to constitute an output on their own. Just...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2017
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has a long tradition of performing Bruckner’s music, the Fourth Symphony having featured in concert as...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 08/2017
In a personal booklet note for this set Andris Nelsons celebrates the recorded legacy of Brahms in Boston, referencing complete...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 09/2017
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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