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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FLAMMER String Quartets Nos 4 & 5
The Neos label continues to venture where others refuse to (or no longer) tread with its third release devoted to...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2017
FAURÉ; SAINT-SAËNS Works for Cello and Piano
Is it possible to define a distinctively French style of cello-playing? It would probably have something to do with the...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2017
Sinfonie per violoncello
Regular readers of these pages may spot that this is Giovanni Sollima’s second recording devoted to Giovanni Battista Costanzi, the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2017
BEETHOVEN Les Vents Français
This is rather delicious, and features quite a range of salon music, from the pleasant galanteries of the various trios...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2017
JS BACH Trios
Bach arranged for cello, mandolin and double bass must be a first, so hats off to Yo Yo Ma, Chris...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2017
BACEWICZ Chamber Music
Time was the only music one encountered on disc by Grażyna Bacewicz was the Music for Strings, Trumpet and Percussion...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2017
Rococo - Musique à Sanssouci
‘Rococo’, for which Dorothee Oberlinger directs the brilliant Ensemble 1700, may be themed around Sanssouci but this is no narrow...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2017
Piano Concertos Vol 2
This discerning programme of French concertos from the first half of the 20th century is the worthy sequel to a...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2017
Op 2
First to arrive was a CD called ‘Equal’ (7/16), the focus there being Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and now we have...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2017
Daniel Hope: For Seasons
Daniel Hope’s ‘For Seasons’ album is struggling to be high-concept but much of the music that supports the concept is...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott 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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