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...
Soon to be 25, Sophie Pacini is a prodigious pianist, muscular in a way that suggests she’d be happy to...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016
Fortunately for us at least two very individual young musicians are currently recording Bartók’s solo piano music, players who go...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2016
This disc is an unofficial sequel to British pianist John Tilbury’s album ‘For Tomasz Sikorski’, which I reviewed in Gramophone’s...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 11/2016
This disc is aptly titled. In terms of their playing, Belgians Roeland Hendrikx and Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort tackle standards of the...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2016
Despite their title, Antonio Soler’s Seis Conciertos de dos organos obligados are most definitely works for two harpsichords. All but...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2016
These national stereotypes are nothing if not persistent. In direct contrast to the cool, tight, conscientious tone offered by Baiba...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2016
By my reckoning the Quatuor Debussy have now recorded eight of the 15 Shostakovich quartets, and they sound fully at...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2016
Three leading period instrumentalists play three of the finest chamber works of the early 19th century, and the disc is...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2016
Here are two different takes on much-loved Mozart scores, both with fair claims to authenticity. One is an arrangement of...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2016
Listening first time around to pianist Oliver Triendl and the Vogler Quartet in the great Dvořák (second) Piano Quintet I...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan 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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