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...
The ensemble Cinquecento – resident in Vienna but international in their personnel – have made something of a career by...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 05/2017
Morton Feldman’s 1982 Three Voices for female voice accompanied by two pre-recorded tracks relayed through a pair of giant loudspeakers...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 05/2017
Having written recently about Christophe Rousset’s recording of Couperin’s L’apothéose de Lully with Stéphane Degout (Aparté, 12/16), I was surprised...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 05/2017
Gerhard Poppe’s booklet-notes for this disc paint a picture of Antonio Caldara that is more strictly truthful than enticing –...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2017
His passing may have gone largely unnoticed but Philip Cannon (1929-2016) was a highly respected figure still to receive his...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2017
There is an ecumenical irony to the appearance of this German Requiem, in Reformation anniversary year, from a seat of...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2017
Comparisons can be odious but are sometimes inevitable. For donkey’s years it has been possible to pick up at a...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017
It’s not long since Anna Netrebko’s ‘Verismo’ appeared (DG, 10/16), and Angela Gheorghiu has just announced a return to the...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2017
Notwithstanding several spelling errors in the track-listing on Aparté’s back cover, this recital album’s intelligent variety of dramatic atmospheres give...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017
Milan’s famous Teatro alla Scala was inaugurated on August 3, 1778 with a production of Salieri’s new serious opera Europa...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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