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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JS BACH Cantatas BWV 12, 106, 150 &131
Expectations were understandably high at the prospect of Vox Luminis graduating into the sphere of the young Bach cutting his...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 02/2017
CPE BACH Der Frühling
The ever-inquisitive Café Zimmermann present a cross-section of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s least-known vocal and instrumental chamber music that conveys...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2017
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Opera galas are strange beasts, but this one from Baden Baden in 2016 (the booklet doesn’t give us the exact...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2017
VERDI La traviata
Rolando Villazón sings Alfredo, opposite Anna Netrebko, in what is probably one of the finest available versions of La traviata...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2017
SALIERI La scuola de' gelosi
La scuola de’ gelosi was originally produced in Venice during the 1778/79 carnival. Haydn organised performances at Eszterháza (1780 81),...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2017
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut
Puccini dismissed concerns about following a hit version of the Abbé Prévost’s Manon with his own adaptation: ‘Massenet feels it...
Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 02/2017
MASCAGNI Guglielmo Ratcliff
Wexford Festival Opera is catnip for those seeking out rare repertory. It specialises in digging up long-forgotten relics and has...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2017
HUMPERDINCK Hansel and Gretel
The Vienna State Opera performed Hänsel und Gretel a few months after the end of the Second World War at...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2017
HOLST At the Boar's Head
Both of these one-act operas remain on the fringes of the repertoire, so any new performance or recording is worthy...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2017
GRÉTRY L'Épreuve Villageoise
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry was an important figure in the development of opéra comique – where the musical numbers are separated by...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2017
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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