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...
Bach’s output abounds with instances of his revisiting older works to arrange them for different forces, so there’s an extent...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: AW16
The fact that so very few recordings exist of Albinoni’s Op 1 Trio Sonatas feels like a strange quirk of...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: AW16
This attractive mixed programme of Telemann’s works featuring flute or recorder has been designed by Ashley Solomon to celebrate Florilegium’s...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2016
As Osmo Vänskä powers into the home straight of his Minnesota Sibelius cycle, the first thing that strikes one about...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 09/2016
Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt first recorded the three Brahms violin sonatas for EMI at the 2002 ‘Spannungen’ chamber music...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2016
A couple of years after completing his leisurely mix-and-match Schubert series for Harmonia Mundi, Matthias Goerne has made it on...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2016
This is the first album devoted exclusively to John Blow’s church music since the Parley of Instruments and the Choir...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2016
Kirill Gerstein’s last appearance in these pages was for his premiere recording of Tchaikovsky’s B flat minor Concerto using what...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2016
The indefatigable Jordi Savall continues to unite musicians from East and West as he traverses five centuries of musical traditions...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 09/2016
Cast your eye down the list of artists on Wigmore Live’s latest release and it tells you pretty much all...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2016
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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