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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VIARDOT Deutsche Lieder
This, first and foremost, is a labour both of love and of scholarship. Miriam Alexandra combines a career as a...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2017
STRAUSS The Complete Songs Vol 8
Roger Vignoles starts his characteristically engaging booklet note for this final volume in Hyperion’s Strauss song survey with an explanation...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2017
STRADELLA Santa Pelagia
The sources of Santa Pelagia relate to performances in Modena in 1688 – six years after Stradella was murdered in...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2017
SHEPPARD Media vita. Missa Cantate
Why has the music of John Sheppard remained comparatively neglected, while works by near-contemporaries Taverner, Tallis, Tye and White have...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2017
The English Orpheus
A considered exposé of Purcell’s still woefully under-exposed genius is always welcome, especially one as varied and intelligent as Andrew...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 08/2017
PERTI Grands motets for Ferdinando de’ Medici
Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756) was maestro di cappella of Bologna’s prestigious San Petronio for nearly 60 years but moonlighted occasionally....
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2017
KURTÁG Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir
Across the 11 works on this three-disc set, which don’t sit too happily under the title ‘Complete Works for Ensemble...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2017
KLEIBERG Mass for Modern Man
Ståle Kleiberg’s Mass for the Modern Man deals with pertinent questions surrounding the role of Christian faith in contemporary society...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2017
HANDEL 9 German Arias
Handel composed very little music on texts in his native German tongue. The most notable examples are settings of poetry...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2017
ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius (Barenboim)
There is probably no such thing as the perfect Gerontius. Every recording is flawed in some way. Even the classic...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson 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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