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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KAGEL improvisation ajoutée. rrrrr....
This is a fascinating CD; we hear sounds from a pipe organ far removed from the everyday world of choral...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 01/2017
CHOPIN 24 Preludes SCHUMANN Fantasie
The Cuban-born American-based pianist Horacio Gutiérrez has enjoyed a successful international career for more than four decades, yet he’s made...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2017
CAVAZZONI Complete Organ Works
Admirers of European keyboard music of the 16th century will welcome this recording of Cavazzoni’s complete organ works. The programme...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 01/2017
BRITTEN Cello Suites
Evidence of Quirine Viersen’s pedigree in period performance is inescapable in her performance of Britten’s three cello suites, written for...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2017
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 7, 13, 109-111
Early and late works make up the fifth and final volume of Paavali Jumppanen’s Beethoven sonata cycle. He brings a...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2017
Elīna Garanča: Revive
The newest role Elı-na Garan∂a has added to her stage repertoire is Léonor in Donizetti’s La favorite. This recital, though,...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2017
WAGNER Der Ring des Nibelungen
Rudolf Kempe (here caught in his second of four Bayreuth Ring years) is not a pusher nor a prodder nor...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2017
PERGOLESI Adriano in Siria
Pergolesi had weightier operatic ambitions than the buffet-sized buffo of La serva padrona. In 1734 he served up the elaborate...
Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 01/2017
PAISIELLO Fedra
No, this is not Fedora. The Italian title masks the identity of Phaedra, wife of Theseus, whose passion for her...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2017
NYMAN The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
Michael Nyman’s 1986 opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is, like other minimalist stage works, a...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott 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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