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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Bach Without Words: Instrumental movements and arrangements from Cantatas
On the face of it, this is turkey-carving or eggnog-making Bach: an album of instrumental contrafacta, if that isn’t a...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2017
AUERBACH Arcanum SHOSTAKOVICH 24 Preludes
The viola possesses a voice of inimitable mellowness and mysticism, and it is also capable of the ironic gesture, as...
Reviewed in issue 02/2017
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet: Aspects
As the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet point out in their booklet-note: ‘As four individuals with differing musical tastes, we have sought,...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 01/2017
JS BACH Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170
The question is not if but when a distinguished countertenor decides to record the Bach solo alto cantatas. The catalogue...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 01/2017
TCHAIKOVSKY; SIBELIUS Violin Concertos
There is no violinist currently playing the high end of the international circuit that I would sooner go out of...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2017
HANDEL Alcina. Tamerlano
These productions began life a few years apart in Drottningholm before double-bill revivals at the Dutch National Opera and La...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2017
HÉROLD Le Pré Aux Clercs
Operaphiles are indebted to the likes of Opera Rara and Palazzetto Bru Zane for dredging up long-lost works and reviving...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2017
SCARLATTI Missa defunctorum
Alessandro Scarlatti’s Missa defunctorum (1717) has never been recorded before, although it was performed at Stravinsky’s funeral in 1971. A...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2017
Charles Richard-Hamelin: Chopin
Charles Richard-Hamelin is the 27-year-old Quebec-born pianist who won second prize at the Chopin Competition last year. Many apparently felt...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2017
Rostropovich Encores
Having released a hugely enjoyable Casals encores recording (Hyperion, 9/11), Alban Gerhardt is now back with Rostropovich encores. The first...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2017
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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