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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The Franklin Effect
Rosalind Franklin (1920-58) was one of the 20th century’s most important scientists but she was deprived of her moment in...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2017
Femina Moderna
Allmänna Sången was founded as an academic male-voice choir in the Swedish university city of Uppsala way back in 1830....
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2017
Jessye Norman: Lieder
This is a fascinating and rewarding recital, which shows Jessye Norman’s considerable strengths as well as a few idiosyncrasies –...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2017
VAN DIEREN Symphony No 1
Rotterdam-born Bernard van Dieren (1887-1936) settled during his early twenties in London, where his music enjoyed vociferous support from the...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2017
PERGOLESI Stabat Mater
The steady stream of recordings of Pergolesi’s famous death-bed Stabat mater (1736) shows no sign of drying up. The booklet-notes,...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2017
PÄRT Kanonen Pokajanen
Premiered in Cologne in 1998, Kanon Pokajanen for a cappella choir is one of Pärt’s most uncompromising and austere works....
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2017
PADEREWSKI Songs
In whatever role one defines Ignacy Jan Paderewski – charismatic pianist, Polish patriot, ‘a fairly good composer’ (as the booklet-note...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2017
MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Das Lied von der Erde
Recordings of Schoenberg’s chamber arrangements of Mahler have proliferated of late and this latest version from the Virginia Arts Festival...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2017
JOMMELLI Cantatas
Nicolò Jommelli is one of those figures who loomed large in the 18th century – in 1770 Charles Burney put...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2017
HANDEL Susanna
Susanna (1749) is based on a tale from the Apocrypha. Two hypocritical pillars of the establishment make sexual advances to...
Reviewed by David Vickers 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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