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...
It’s not exactly a recipe for cohesion – a collection of little-known works from Armenia, England and Switzerland, representing the...
Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 12/2016
Writing in 1916, Yeats spoke of ‘Art whose end is peace’. Now, 100 turbulent years later, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato returns...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2016
With this instalment of music from the Eton Choirbook, the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral sets out to rival The...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2016
This generously filled disc contains no fewer than eight premiere recordings among its 22 tracks. They reveal that Gabriel Jackson...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 11/2016
Kerll’s Missa pro defunctis (published 1689) was dedicated to Emperor Leopold I, and its preface reveals that the composer wanted...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2016
In recent years it has become commonplace to attribute the 1747 Forqueray Pièces (issued in two versions – one for...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 11/2016
The unusual item here is Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Trio of 1892, of which the Fidelio Trio give a performance of...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2016
These performances by the Swiss period-instrument ensemble Die Freitagsakademie are so full of character and incident that one can almost...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2016
It’s perhaps rather unorthodox to begin a review by dealing with the accompanying sleeve notes, but still, here I go,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2016
Recent research shows that, though divorce rates are falling in the UK, there’s an upward trend among the over-50s. The...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2016
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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