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...
Set in the grounds of a grand Schloss on the plains of Lower Austria, the Grafenegg Festival does well by...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2017
The American composer Robert Beaser has the happy knack of writing orchestrally yet idiomatically for solo classical guitar. Just listen...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2017
Antheil sometimes plagiarises so unashamedly that listening to his music with real enjoyment demands a suspension of disbelief. His First...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2017
Decca has the Cistercian monks of Heiligenkreuz and the nuns of Notre-Dame-de-L’Annonciation, ClassicFM has the Ampleforth monks, Deutsche Grammophon the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2017
On the one hand, serious admiration for what Robert Quinney is already doing to this illustrious choir within its own...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2017
‘First Drop’ aims to capture that special alchemy that takes place between ensemble and composer when a new work is...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2017
One of the great things about early music is that there are still discoveries out there to be made. And...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2017
The fact that 19 of the 26 tracks on this release are here made public for the first time will...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2017
This is an unhackneyed programme of songs from a young American soprano, the latest in a series called ‘Première Portraits’....
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2017
This is perhaps Nordic Voices’ most satisfying recording to date. Peter Quantrill’s review of their ‘Lamentations’ disc (which also included...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2017
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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