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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BRAHMS Violin Concerto. Violin Sonata No 1
A student of, among others, the famous violin pedagogue Zakhar Bron, Vadim Gluzman carries forwards a Russian-Jewish playing tradition that...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2017
MONTEVERDI The Other Vespers
There is only one eyewitness report of Monteverdi directing Vespers music after his permanent relocation to Venice: the Dutch tourist...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2017
Strauss in St Petersburg
The prime mover for this delightful collection is Vauxhall – not south of the Thames in London but a 17-mile...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2017
New York
Edgard Varèse’s Intégrales – completed in 1925, 10 years after he first set sail for Manhattan – acts as a...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 07/2017
Mind Music
As the title indicates, on this disc the composers, performers and the music itself are linked by depression, Parkinson’s disease...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2017
Flux
Flux represents five recipients of Rambert Dance Company’s Music Fellowship scheme. Established by the company’s music director Paul Hoskins in...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 07/2017
WALTON Violin Concerto
Having already given us impressive versions of the two symphonies (Hyperion, 10/11), Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2017
TELEMANN Concerto per molti stromenti
In these historical performance-aware times it’s now a comparatively rare event for a Baroque recording to throw up a genuine...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2017
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade
Spot the Ponte Vecchio – however blurred the photograph – on a CD cover and it’s a fair bet that...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2017
TANSMAN Ballet Music
Interest in Tansman’s music in recent years has led to a large number of recordings but none so far as...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards 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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