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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WAGNER 'Famous Opera Scenes' (Nikolai Lugansky)
Listen to Josef Hofmann’s 1923 recording of Louis Brassin’s transcription of Wagner’s Magic Fire Music and you’ll hear one of...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 05/2024
SORABJI Toccata Terza (Abel Sánchez-Aguilera)
Composed in 1955, the manuscript of Sorabji’s two-hour-plus Toccata terza had been missing for decades when it was rediscovered in...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2024
RAVEL Complete Works For Solo Piano Vol 1 (Vincent Larderet)
Here is the first of four planned discs devoted to Ravel’s piano works that promises to be painstakingly comprehensive, with...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2024
RACHMANINOV Piano Duos (Babayan; Trifonov)
This album of Rachmaninov’s two-piano music offers a winning mix of limitless pianism, deep knowledge and visionary boldness. Add to...
Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 05/2024
Debussy and Ravel for Two
A quick glance at the repertoire above and it seems to be a nice programme of well-known piano pieces by...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2024
CHOPIN Variations in B-Flat Major. Sonata in B-Flat Minor (Aleksandra Swigut)
Keeping track of the Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina’s ‘The Real Chopin’ period-instrument releases can be daunting, given the sheer volume...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2024
JS BACH Sonatas and Partitas (Franz Halász)
Fans of German guitarist Franz Halász’s take on Bach’s so-called Lute Suites (9/19) and his earlier recording of the three...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 05/2024
JS BACH Die Kunst der Fuge (Masaaki Suzuki)
Only weeks after, in reviewing Christophe Rousset’s recent Art of Fugue (Aparté, 1/24), I was saying how recordings of it...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 05/2024
Trio Lirico: Treasures
Two difficult rarities anchor this release. Most challenging is the first recording of Peter Eötvös’s 2020 Trio, written as a...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 05/2024
Daniel Hope: Dance!
We learn from Andrew Stewart’s first-rate booklet that Daniel Hope wanted to make a dance album 20 years ago. Concept...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2024
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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