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...
Like the Verbier Festival, ‘Festival Martha Argerich’ hosts some of the world’s best-known soloists, as well as some who aren’t...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2024
‘The tirelessly active instrument maker, Mr Stauffer … has introduced a new instrument, which he calls the Guitarre d’amour’, reported...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2024
Throughout this ingeniously programmed ‘American Road Trip’, showcasing his versatility across various American musical styles, Augustin Hadelich displays mastery in...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2024
The sharp-eyed reader of Michael Kennedy’s standard work on the music of Vaughan Williams will remember that he composed three...
Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 10/2024
That the Verona-born violinist and composer Giuseppe Torelli has long been recognised as an important figure in the development of...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2024
This is a superb performance of Taneyev’s massive and meaty Piano Quintet. Like Mikhail Pletnev and his starry quartet of...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2024
Until now, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk have joined up on only a single recording, which featured the...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 10/2024
As I write this review David Matthews has probably already finished his String Quartet No 18! Only the Seventh (with...
Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 10/2024
In her booklet note to La Rêveuse’s latest superb release, the ensemble’s co-founder, gamba player Florence Bolton, remarks how the...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2024
You’re never quite sure what to expect with Anna Clyne’s music, and that’s not meant as a criticism in any...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 10/2024
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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