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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BERG Wozzeck
This Wozzeck was a retirement gift from the Houston Symphony to its Music Director of 12 years’ standing, Hans Graf....
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2017
Benjamin Appl: Heimat
Anyone who enjoyed Benjamin Appl’s previous disc, a Schubert recital (Wigmore Hall Live, 7/16), will recognise the same qualities on...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2017
LISZT Sonatas for Two Pianos
This is one of the finest two-piano recitals to come my way for quite some time – though I may...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2017
BEETHOVEN String Quartets Nos 3, 11 & 13
In case you cast an eye across the movement contents of Op 130 and feel short-changed because Beethoven’s rewritten finale...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2017
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Job. Symphony No 9
This generous coupling of two RVW masterworks reprises – and outshines – Andrew Davis’s own Teldec British Line offering from...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2017
HOWELL; BEACH; CHAMINADE Piano Concertos
None of the 91 composers featured on the previous 69 volumes in Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series has been a...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2017
Dynastie: Bach Family Concertos
The young French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau made his debut on Erato in 2015 with ‘Imagine’, a recital of Bach keyboard...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 03/2017
Baroque Treasury
Arguments about period versus modern instruments in Baroque repertoire may reign forever, but performances in recent decades have proved that...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2017
American Voices: Music for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
The Waldland Ensemble have two missions: expanding the repertoire for clarinet, viola and piano, and raising awareness of conservation issues....
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2017
R PATERSON Moon Trio. Sun Trio. Elegy
Robert Paterson (b1970) is an award-winning composer (as well as a percussionist and conductor) from Buffalo in New York State....
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2017
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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