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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BLACKFORD Better Angels
Having made his reputation in film and television, Richard Blackford (b1954) later enjoyed success with several major choral works. Instrumental...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2017
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 10
A highly original concept, the subtext: music and dictatorship. As Michael Sanderling himself implies in a persuasive preface to the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2017
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3. Fidelio Overture
Discreetly attentive to detail yet exalted in expression, a Festival Hall Pastoral from this team last January raised expectations that...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2017
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 5
When Lars Vogt’s recordings of Beethoven’s First and Second Piano Concertos with Simon Rattle and the CBSO were released in...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 06/2017
Concerti III
For the third instalment in their ‘Concerti’ series, the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo bring together three works, the first two written...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2017
Maximum Reger
Many years ago my friend and Gramophone colleague Andrew Achenbach suggested a ploy for tracking me down should I ever...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2017
SZYMANOWSKI Stabat Mater. Symphony No 3
This is an outstanding recording, by an all-Polish team, of three of Szymanowski’s most sumptuously beautiful works. The two completed...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2017
SKEMPTON The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Only the Sound Remains
Time was when Howard Skempton was considered primarily as a master of the miniature, notably those for piano and accordion....
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2017
LISZT/TAUSIG Eine Faust-Symphonie
The hotbed of creativity that surrounded Liszt in Weimar between 1848 and 1861 is difficult to imagine today. Embarking on...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2017
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
Diaghilev’s initial reaction to Daphnis et Chloé, documented in Jean-François Monnard’s excellent booklet-note, was ‘Ravel, it is a masterpiece, but...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger 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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