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...
These three French violin sonatas make for an attractive disc, not least when they are as well played as they...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1994
''Leontyne Price—Prima Donna'' was the title given to a series of LPs, the first two conducted by Molinari-Pradelli, issued here...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 12/1992
Bach wrote these sonatas, some of whose music presents a reworking of earlier trio compositions, for a partnership of viola...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1986
Spain was a pioneer—even before England—in the emergence of the solo song in the sixteenth century; but in more recent...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1987
Three Mozart piano concertos with a string quintet replacing the orchestra sounds an odd idea, but Robin Golding's booklet-note quotes...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1991
Modern-music missionaries couldn’t possible hope for a better promotional tool than this delightful CD. After playing it, I would happily...
Reviewed in issue 11/1997
The completion of Il Giardino Armonico’s Op. 8 has taken over a year to appear, but it has been worth...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1996
This second volume of Grieg's Lyric pieces follows hard on the heels of Vol. 1, which I reviewed in September....
Reviewed in issue 11/1990
The Elora Festival Singers have already recorded discs for Naxos of English cathedral anthems and Arvo Pärt (see page 106),...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/2006
In a perfect world it would be gratifying to be able to say that neither of these two recordings containing...
Reviewed in issue 8/1988
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
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
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