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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Velvet Brown. Tuba
The repertoire on Velvet Brown’s fourth recording for Crystal is of such absorbing interest and the playing of such high...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 05/2024
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonies Nos 4-6 (Bernard)
David Bernard and his dedicated amateur orchestra continue their recorded traversal of the standard orchestral repertoire with this set of...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2024
ROSNER Orchestral Music Vol 4 (Palmer)
Arnold Rosner’s extraordinary Requiem (A/20) was my Critics’ Choice for 2020, the third volume of his orchestral works (5/19) my...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2024
KAYE Time is the Sea We Swim In
The compositional catalogue of New York-resident Debra Kaye runs to around 70 works, ranging from orchestral and instrumental works to...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2024
BEACH; CORIGLIANO Violin Sonatas (Usha Kapoor)
The coupling is one of contrasts, much as an album of Richard Strauss and Stravinsky would present. While it’s perfectly...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2024
Michael Spyres: In The Shadows
We’ve got used to the fact that Michael Spyres albums take us on unexpected journeys, often with unexpected diversions on...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2024
WAGNER Parsifal (Jordan)
Stage+ hosts the film of this Russian-prison Parsifal, directed (via Zoom) by Kirill Serebrennikov in Vienna in 2021. Anyone discomfited...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 04/2024
SAINT-SAËNS Samson et Delila (Pappano)
Richard Jones’s production of Samson et Dalila polarised opinion when it opened at Covent Garden in 2022. I didn’t see...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 04/2024
LULLY Atys (Rousset)
It was with Atys, staged and recorded in 1987 by William Christie and Les Arts Florissants to mark the tercentenary...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2024
HANDEL Alcina (Minkowski)
Alcina was first staged on April 16, 1735, at John Rich’s new theatre at Covent Garden, where it ran for...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2024
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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