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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JS BACH Mass in B minor
The degree to which conductors are more or less synonymous with particular works is a largely subjective matter, though few...
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Max Emanuel Cencic: Arie Napoletane
Flamboyance and intelligence don’t always go hand in hand, though Max Emanuel Cencic possesses both qualities in spades. The photographs...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2015
BARTÓK Contrasts LIGETI Concertos for Piano, Cello and Violin
György Ligeti’s Piano Concerto (1985‑88) has been threatening to transform itself into a modern composition lollipop and I, for one,...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 12/2015
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No 1
As word began to trickle out from Fort Worth during the 2013 Van Cliburn Competition, her name kept coming up:...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2015
MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Chailly)
Developed and then fine-tuned in Leipzig over the last decade, Chailly.2 really does come with a different operating system. Briskly...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2015
BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 5 & 7
Manfred Honeck has been looked on with favour in these columns since the late 1980s, when he directed a fine...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2015
CASELLA Symphony No 1. Symphonic Fragments
Gianandrea Noseda’s Casella reappraisal for Chandos, among his most significant achievements to date, has radically shifted our perspectives on one...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2015
MOZART Il re pastore
Metastasio’s serenata Il re pastore was devised for the domestic amusement of the Habsburgs at Schönbrunn in 1751. It had...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
Poetry in Music
The glowing textures of Harris’s classic anthem Faire is the heaven give way to an exuberant and rhythmically incisive account...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/2015
Le Concert Royal de la Nuit
On the evening of February 23, 1653, the Ballet Royal de la Nuit was performed at the Louvre for the...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
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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