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...
It is easy to think of Antonio Soler as the Scarlatti pupil who perpetuated his master’s sonata style with the...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2016
At no point do the repertoires of these two discs overlap, but, as if tiptoeing around one another, both of...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2016
Hard on the heels of Igor Levit’s blistering new account of Rzewski’s variations comes a new recording by its dedicatee...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2016
Hoist with my own petard, I think. Reviewing Igor Levit’s Bach/Beethoven/Rzewski Variations (11/15), I rashly concluded that I would be...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2016
Kristian Bezuidenhout may not have chosen to shock but could well do so in the first movement of the ‘little...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 01/2016
As Howard Shelley reaches the fourth instalment of his solo Mendelssohn journey, familiar and unfamiliar once again rub shoulders. He...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2016
At least until Liszt’s bicentenary, complete recordings of his Harmonies poétiques et religieuses were something of a rarity. Even stalwart...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2016
Scherbakov began the unprecedented task of recording Godowsky’s complete works nearly two decades ago. The end is in sight –...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2016
The piano works of Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) span his entire creative life, from early ragtime influences to the complexity...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2016
This year the pianist Nelson Goerner has been more active than usual on behalf of Chopin. In October he served...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2016
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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