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...
A student of Novák, Martinů and Václav Talich, Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915‑40) might have been a leading composer of the last...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2024
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London continue their exploration of the orchestral works of Kenneth Fuchs in a second...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 07/2024
The flow of recordings marking this centenary year of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) may be now well under way but the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2024
Enescu’s three numbered symphonies were composed between 1905 and 1918 and, although demonstrating an eclectic range of influences, reflect the...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2024
Currently enjoying his 24th and final season as music director of the Hallé, Mark Elder has already given us painstakingly...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2024
The fifth release in Kenneth Woods and the English Symphony Orchestra’s groundbreaking ‘21st Century Symphony Project’ focuses on Steve Elcock...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2024
It used to irk me when young pianists chose to include Beethoven’s last piano sonata in their debut recordings. It...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2024
Lahav Shani’s recording of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony was warmly welcomed by Richard Osborne in these pages last year (8/23), and...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2024
If one were asked to sum up young British cellist Laura van der Heijden’s career to date, then beyond its...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2024
Few concertos establish a more vivid sense of anticipation than Beethoven does at the start of his Triple Concerto, a...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2024
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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