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...
When the seasoned artistry of the Takács Quartet blends with the thoughtful brilliance of Marc-André Hamelin, a rare alchemy occurs....
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2016
This pairing of the C minor Quartet and Piano Quintet comes a couple of years after the Brodsky’s first disc...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2016
Though recorded five months earlier, this disc closely resembles a concert the Danish Quartet gave in October, marking the beginning...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 06/2016
Considering the cultural links that existed between Russia and France at the turn of the 20th century, it is no...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2016
Reading Julian Barnes’s Shostakovich-based novella The Noise of Time (Jonathan Cape, 4/16), I couldn’t help thinking how the unpredictable Prokofiev,...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2016
Dux’s Penderecki edition continues apace with these two impressive surveys of concertos for string and wind instruments, both of them...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2016
It was said that George Gershwin would strive to write four songs first thing in the morning – to get...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2016
This disc of orchestral works is the latest in a string of recordings that have appeared since the time of...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2016
This download-only release from Peral brings together the various instalments of Daniel Barenboim’s third Bruckner cycle in a single format...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 06/2016
How heartening it is to see new recordings of Biber continuing to come through, even well after the double boost...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2015
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
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
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