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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ANTHEIL Symphonies Nos 4 & 5
In 1926 Aaron Copland declared that George Antheil ‘possesses the greatest gifts of any American now writing’. Ten years later,...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2017
Shai Wosner: Impromptu
Lest anyone harbour reservations about Shai Wosner’s gifts as an imaginative programmer, this CD should lay them to rest. Using...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2017
STANFORD 38 Preludes from the two sets of Twenty-Four Preludes in all the Keys
Towards the end of his life Stanford wrote two sets of 24 Preludes for piano boasting impeccable craft and characteristic...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2017
SCHUMANN Fantasie. Kreisleriana
Jean-Philippe Collard’s discography is weighted toward his compatriots, including much-lauded Fauré and Saint Saëns, but during the 1970s he made...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2017
SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 13 & 21
Nine years have passed since Javier Perianes’s first disc of Schubert and here he programmes two utterly opposing sonatas, the...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2017
RAVEL Miroirs SCRIABIN Piano Sonatas Nos 3 & 10
Andrew Tyson keeps his headstrong and occasionally restless interpretative temperament in focus throughout most of his second solo CD, in...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2017
PAGANINI Bel canto
‘I rather assumed that the sound would be unique right from the start’, recalled Robert Schumann of Paganini’s playing. ‘Nothing...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2017
FRESCOBALDI Organ Works
It is heartening to know that Girolamo Frescobaldi’s legacy continues some 374 years after his death. Born in Ferrara in...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 06/2017
Angela Hewitt: Chopin
As the booklet-notes point out, the big news emerging from the 1980 Chopin Competition was the jury’s decision not to...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2017
CHOPIN Emmanuel Despax
Emmanuel Despax prefaces his recording of Chopin’s Preludes with a booklet-note that explains his concern for textual accuracy and avoidance...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2017
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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