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...
Harry Christophers and his ‘other’ ensemble, the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, return to the formula with which they...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2016
There are so very many recordings of Haydn’s two cello concertos, both recent and older, that any cellist who dares...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 03/2016
Long debunked is the charming story that the so-called Water Music restored Handel to favour with his one-time employer the...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue:
Here is a generally satisfying programme, though the ‘Nature’ component of ‘Nature, Life and Love’, In Nature’s Realm, isn’t the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2016
It was an inspired idea to open this disc with Josef Suk’s wonderful Fantasy, a sort of free-form violin concerto:...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2016
Andrew Litton’s recent recording of Copland’s Billy the Kid and Rodeo with the Colorado Symphony (BIS, 1/16) was notable for...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 03/2016
Renaud Capuçon – that silky smooth French violinist – has just turned 40, and this celebratory disc is a good...
Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 03/2016
Here is a fascinating journey back in time: as close a recreation as we can probably get, two centuries later,...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 03/2016
Filmed at the 2015 Baden-Baden Easter Festival, this concert will mainly be of interest to followers of Isabelle Faust, whose...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 03/2016
With the possible exceptions of Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921) and Louis Andriessen (b1939), 20th-century Dutch music remains a closed book for...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2016
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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