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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Nicholas Phan: Gods & Monsters
Previous releases from the American tenor Nicholas Phan include a couple of Britten discs, both well reviewed in these pages...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2017
Finland
The SWR Vocal Ensemble’s series of country-themed discs continues but now without Hänssler Classic; this latest disc is on SWR’s...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2017
Da pacem
Five hundred years ago Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, changing...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2017
Azahar
The premise of this intriguing project makes a certain intuitive sense. Stravinsky’s Mass was composed as a response to Machaut’s,...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 05/2017
SCHUBERT Winterreise
The first question, of course, is whether or not Winterreise really needs anything to accompany it, especially when it is...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2017
SAINT-SAËNS Mélodies avec orchestre
Though issued by Alpha, this disc effectively complements Aparté’s recent survey of Saint-Saëns’s song collections with piano (3/17). Mélodies persanes,...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2017
ORR Songs
The finely crafted, urgently communicative music of Glasgow-born Buxton Orr (1924 97) has not yet received due recognition, so all...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2017
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (Kaufmann)
When you are as big a star as Jonas Kaufmann, when your instrument is fach-defying and your choices in terms...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2017
JOUBERT South of the Line
Seven first recordings ping out of Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir’s celebration of the composer, 90 this year, associated with the...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2017
HONEGGER Le roi David
These Swiss forces present Honegger’s first, 1923 revision of Le roi David that maintained the 17-strong instrumental ensemble of the...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2017
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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