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...
With the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2023 staging of Antikrist, Rued Langgaard’s only opera received arguably its highest-profile production since it...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2024
Surreal? Avant-garde? Or just sloppy? In the booklet notes for this new recording of The Excursions of Mr Brouček, annotator...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2024
If you enjoy Francesco Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur, you might be pleasantly surprised by its successor, Gloria. That’s no aspersion on...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 09/2024
The Gesualdo Six, an ensemble of male voices, was formed in Cambridge in 2014 to perform Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories of...
Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 09/2024
Though Thomas Hardy is best known as the author of well-known (and for the most part) fatalist novels, he aspired...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 09/2024
This final album of Andrew Nethsingha’s acclaimed ‘Magnificat’ series features recordings made during 2022. It also marks the close of...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 09/2024
At the risk of sounding like a damaged sound file (as opposed to a broken record): did anybody listen to...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2024
As fewer young people are exposed to the treasures of Anglican hymnody and a number of misguided senior clergy seem...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 09/2024
This Venetian Baroque programme is a departure for Contrapunctus – discographically at least. It views the Italian Baroque through the...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2024
It is common knowledge that the Sollazzo Ensemble that was awarded the contract for recording the entire Leuven Chansonnier on...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 09/2024
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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