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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BRITTEN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Only 300 people could fit into Aldeburgh’s tiny Jubilee Hall for the premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1960....
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 11/2016
BERG Wozzeck
Wozzeck sees red: the red moon; a bloody knife; flames in the sky. Zurich Opera’s production, directed by Andreas Homoki,...
Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 11/2016
Rarities of Piano Music 2015
The annual Husum disc, issued just before the succeeding year’s festival opens, aims to represent every pianist invited to play....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016
Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages
There are few young pianists around today to whose latest release one looks forward as eagerly as one does to...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016
Tatyana Nikolaieva: The 1989 Herodes Atticus Odeon Recital
Look at the close-ups on any YouTube video of Tatyana Nikolaieva’s pianism and you will see on full display the...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2016
Kentner plays Balakirev, Lyapunov & Liszt
The Hungarian-naturalised-British pianist Louis (Lajos) Kentner is today probably most frequently associated with Liszt, no doubt because of the several...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016
MOZART Complete Piano Sonatas
According to the blurb on the back cover of his Mozart sonata cycle, Fazıl Say aims to capture ‘a certain...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2016
MENDELSSOHN 6 Organ Sonatas
Mendelssohn’s six organ sonatas do not crop up all that often on the same disc. They tend to come as...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016
Après un rêve: A Fauré Recital
The French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie is nothing if not versatile. His Beethoven sonatas (1/11) demonstrated a thoughtful approach to canonic...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016
CHOPIN 57 Mazurkas
Listening to Janusz Olejniczak’s two-disc set of Mazurkas is like stepping back in time, to an age when interpretation of...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016
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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