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...
Released to mark the 10th anniversary of the Frauenkirche’s reconsecration, this album effectively functions as a showcase for the talents...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2016
For this final instalment in its multinational Lassus series, Musique en Wallonie turns to the Gramophone Award-winning ensemble Vox Luminis....
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 02/2016
Édouard Lalo wrote some 23 songs between 1848 and 1887, a significant contribution to his smallish but invariably distinguished output....
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2016
These seldom-recorded duets and trios are masterpieces of miniature form. La Risonanza’s latest Handelian foray includes a sublime rendition of...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2016
The latest release in Palazetto Bru Zane’s Prix de Rome series focuses on Paul Dukas, music’s ultimate perfectionist, whose experience...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2016
We are lucky that Anthony Rolfe Johnson left such a durable legacy of recordings, but new additions are still welcome....
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 02/2016
Sydney-born, London-based classical saxophonist Amy Dickson’s latest release is a terrific musical tribute to her home country, comprising premiere recordings...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 02/2016
They hadn’t heard of global warming in the time of Rebel, Marais and Rameau, and to come across this two-disc...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2016
The Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks (who turns 70 this April) first encountered the Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta when he accepted...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2016
‘Tchaikovsky Swan Lake’, declares the booklet cover to this Sony CD. Caveat emptor. What you get is a concert suite....
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2016
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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