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...
Here, for the first time, we can hear what appears to be a lost cantata by François Couperin. Numerous of...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2016
Józef Nowakowski (1800 65) and Józef Krogulski (1815 42). Even in their native Poland their names are hardly known. On...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2016
‘I am not a Baroque player’, says Tasmin Little, and there’s nothing like laying your cards right out on the...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2016
When there are so many recordings of Vivaldi concertos to choose from, how do you know where to start? When...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2016
In my experience it’s fairly rare that conductors who excel in Dvořák’s first set of Slavonic Dances are quite as...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2016
John Adams coined the term ‘hypermelody’ to describe the solo part of his 1993 Violin Concerto, where ‘the violin spins...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2016
Here is the concluding instalment – Volume 3 – of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s chronological journey through the 32 Beethoven sonatas, a...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 12/2016
'Oh, Boy!’ is Marianne Crebassa’s first album since she signed for Erato earlier this year. The French mezzo, who caused...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2016
This excellent exploration of the relationship between Lully and Molière derives from a stage show first seen in Reims last...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2016
Die Walküre’s popular but tricky First Act feels like an action piece because of its hectic beginning and ending. Yet...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2016
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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