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...
As a showcase of Mozart’s works featuring a solo oboe, this should serve well enough. Frank de Bruine has long...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2016
As they did in concert, the London Symphony Orchestra offer Mendelssohn’s first and second thoughts for the third movement of...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2016
Two substantial late works of Maxwell Davies here receive first recordings. Ebb of Winter (2013) is designated a concert overture,...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2016
The d’Indy discography has become increasingly distinguished of late, largely thanks to Rumon Gamba’s comprehensive survey of the orchestral works...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 10/2016
Softly chiming horns open this final instalment in Naxos’s three-disc series of rare orchestral works by Enrique Granados. They launch...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2016
Hermann Goetz (1840 76) enjoyed a tragically brief, Mozartian lifespan. Though his music was quickly forgotten after his death, it...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2016
Hot on the heels of the Germans – Barenboim’s Staatskapelle Berlin – the Italians now boldly go where they too...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2016
Here is the third instalment of Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra’s Henri Dutilleux cycle, also available in a...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 10/2016
Following the completion of his harmony and counterpoint studies with Simon Sechter, Bruckner took lessons in form and orchestration from...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 10/2016
If I say that what we have here is a varied exhibition in charcoals rather than oils, that’s not meant...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2016
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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