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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MOZART La Clemenza di Tito
By all accounts, Denis Podalydès’s updated production of Mozart’s late opera seria in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, set in a...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 04/2017
Sonya Yoncheva: Handel
In her absolute prime at 35, the Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva has been winning plaudits on both sides of the...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 04/2017
HANDEL Theodora
It must be a world record for William Christie to have conducted four different commercial releases of Handel’s late masterpiece...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 04/2017
CACCINI La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola di Alcina
Written to celebrate the visit of Archduke Karl of Styria to Florence during the carnival season of 1625, La liberazione...
Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 04/2017
BRAUNFELS Ulenspiegel
First performed in Stuttgart in 1913, Braunfels’s second opera centres on Till Ulenspiegel (or Eulenspiegel), the rebellious prankster of north...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 04/2017
BIZET Les Pêcheurs de Perles
In this performance from the New York Met, a co-production with English National Opera, the setting is not Ceylon in...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2017
Great American Sonatas
Aaron Copland’s Piano Sonata doesn’t exactly lack in first-rate recordings, yet there’s certainly room for Nathan Williamson’s commanding interpretation. The...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017
SEABOURNE Steps: An Anthology for Piano. 16 Scenes Before a Crcufixion
The five volumes that comprise Steps marked an unequivocal return to composition for Peter Seabourne (b1960). The first and last...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 04/2017
SCHUMANN The Complete Works for Piano Vol. 6
In 2006 the Swiss company Claves embarked on a collaboration with the Clara Haskil Competition to record all the piano...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 04/2017
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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