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...
This very welcome album provides a valuable overview of Imogen Holst’s music across a period of 30 years between her...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: AW2024
As always with Adám Fischer’s Haydn, there’s much to delight and plenty to argue with here. Trademark Fischerisms abound: tempo...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2024
Taking his cue from Haydn’s Esterházy forces in the early 1770s, Lars Ulrik Mortensen opts for chamber-scale readings based on...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2024
Her 93rd birthday imminent, Sofia Gubaidulina continues undaunted upon her compositional journey. This release features the first outing for her...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW2024
Capriccio’s release of the first and last of Bruckner’s symphonies sees the completion of the cycle conducted by Markus Poschner,...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: AW2024
What we have here is a robust and eloquent account of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony, its general manner not dissimilar to...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: AW2024
The Schumann doesn’t get played nearly enough – and, as he reveals in the booklet notes, it couldn’t be closer...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2024
Seeing this album’s title, I couldn’t help but picture Oliver Twist with arms stretched out in hunger. But it’s not...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: AW2024
Some of the very best recordings of Elgar’s Violin Concerto take me back in my imagination to the Queen’s Hall...
Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: AW2024
The sisters comprising The Lee Trio are violinist Lisa Lee, cellist Angela Lee and pianist Melinda Lee Masur, who appear...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW2024
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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