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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KARŁOWICZ Violin Concerto
Mieczysaw Karowicz’s Violin Concerto of 1902 stands at the threshold of the half a dozen Impressionist-Romantic tone poems by which...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2017
Sinfonia Concertante
The sinfonia concertante was all the rage in the late 18th century, above all in Paris and Mannheim, whose crack...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2017
HAYDN Symphonies Nos 6 - 8
Rumours have abounded online that this could be the last disc in Thomas Fey’s Haydn symphony cycle. There are two...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2017
DE FALLA Noches en los jardines Espana. El sombrero de tres picos
The Suisse Romande Orchestra (OSR) famously recorded El sombrero de tres picos and the Interlude and Dance from La vida...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2017
BLOCH Schelomo DVOŘÁK Klid. Cello Concerto
While not wishing to mislead with excessive praise, Marc Coppey’s 2016 account of the Dvořák Concerto more reminded me of...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2017
COPLAND Symphony No 3. 3 Latin American Sketches
Copland described his Third Symphony (1946) as an ‘end-of-war piece – intended to reflect the euphoric spirit of the country...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2017
BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Schaller)
Recent advances in understanding of Bruckner’s work on the unfinished finale of his Ninth Symphony, including the recognition that the...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 08/2017
BRUCKNER Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 (Thielemann)
What a difference six days makes. That’s the amount of time between Thielemann’s performance of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony on this...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 08/2017
BRUCKNER Symphony No 1. 3 Pieces for Orchestra
Should a composer’s final thoughts be considered definitive? It’s a question that often arises in connection with the works of...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 08/2017
BRAHMS Symphony No 2 SEGERSTAM Symphony No 289
Conductor-composers tackling Brahms symphonies on disc aren’t exactly thin on the ground: think of Bernstein, Furtwängler, Gielen, Klemperer, Kubelík, Walter...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2017
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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