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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MARTINŮ The Greek Passion
Martinů’s The Greek Passion, with its tale of refugees and the lack of tolerance which divides the community where they...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2017
GLUCK Heroes in Love
All-Gluck aria discs are still not all that common. This century has seen fine examples from Daniel Behle (Decca, 9/14)...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2017
BERLIOZ Béatrice et Bénédict
A generous cocktail of melodies and a conjuror’s hat of pointedly apt dramaturgical settings make up Berlioz’s late (1862) setting...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 08/2017
Véronique Gens: Visions
This tremendous, heady disc finds Véronique Gens and Hervé Niquet examining sub-cults of visionaries, saints and mystics in some of...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2017
LULLY Armide
Armide (1686) was the last collaboration between Lully and the librettist Quinault. Considered by contemporaries as the perfect exemplar of...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2017
STANFORD Choral Music
If a disc of sacred Victoriana conjures images of kid gloves and more-tea-vicar, then this is the recording to banish...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2017
MACHAUT Sovereign Beauty
I’ve hardly been stinting in my praise of the previous instalments of this series, but this is finer still. The...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 07/2017
FAURÉ The Complete Songs, Vol 2
The second instalment of Malcolm Martineau’s survey of Fauré’s songs is exceptionally beautiful, both in choice of material and quality...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2017
LECLAIR Violin Concertos Op 7, Nos 1, 3 , 4 & 5
When so much historically informed Baroque performance necessarily incorporates a hefty proportion of guesswork, the music of violinist-composer Jean-Marie Leclair...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2017
HANDEL Water Music. Alexander's Feast
Every now and then a recording’s arrival equates to Christmas coming early, and for me this was one of those....
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2017
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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