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 Cellist of Sarajevo
David Wilde’s list of achievements as a solo pianist spanning 50 years – from being the winner of several major...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2017
SCHULHOFF Chamber Music
Naxos provides a quality sampling from the creative prime of an extraordinarily gifted 20th-century Czech composer-pianist who died of tuberculosis...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2017
REINECKE Chamber Music for Clarinet, Horn and Piano
Fascinating to hear music by the German composer Carl Reinecke alongside that of the Dane Niels Gade (see page 45),...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2017
À la mémoire d’un grand artiste
Tchaikovsky started things off by writing his A minor Piano Trio as a musical memorial to Nikolay Rubinstein. Rachmaninov then...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2017
LIGETI 6 Bagatelles. Kammerkonzert. Dix pièces
At first glance, this 44 minute disc bookending György Ligeti’s 1970 Chamber Concerto – a major work – with two...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 01/2017
JÓHANNSSON Orphée
Following the success of his soundtrack to James Marsh’s 2014 biopic on the life of Stephen Hawking, The Theory of...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2017
MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonatas
Champs Hill has long been a master talent-spotter and although Alice Neary and Benjamin Frith are both insightful and elegant...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2017
HAYDN String Quartets Opp 1 No 1, 33 No 5 & 77 No 1
This release is essentially a showcase for the Goldmund Quartet, and it’s hard not to warm to a young ensemble...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2017
GÁL Chamber Music for Clarinet
The Hans Gál revival gathers momentum, and close on the heels of Avie’s recent symphony and concerto releases comes another...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2017
GADE Chamber Works Vol 2
Each piece on this second volume in Ensemble MidtVest’s survey of chamber music by Niels Gade is troubled by issues...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor 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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