Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
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BRAHMS Violin Sonatas (Schayegh, Schultsz)
These interpretations of the Brahms violin sonatas delve far more deeply into ‘historically informed performance practice’ than any period-instrument recording...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2018
BOCCHERINI Cello Sonatas (Cocset)
It’s such a very long time since the French baroque cellist Bruno Cocset brought out his first excellent Boccherini album...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2018
Zhenni Li: Mélancholie
Zhenni Li’s new Steinway release is a bolt from the blue. Li holds bachelor and master’s degrees from Juilliard, where...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2018
Rebecca Jeffreys & Alexander Timofeev: Friends in Common Time
Flautist Rebecca Jeffreys and pianist Alexander Timofeev may not always be ‘Friends in Common Time’ on their new disc, given...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2018
STEFFENS Two Cells in Sevilla
The German composer Walter Steffens (b1934) has written in many styles and genres, from the intimate to the extravagant, and...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2018
SISLER All Around the Year
Among the MSR label’s releases devoted to music by the American choral conductor, organist and composer Hampson Sisler (b1932), the...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2018
SIERRA Kandinsky. Clarinet Sonata
These recordings of music by the Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra (b1953) have a complex history, dating from various points...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2018
BLITZSTEIN The Cradle Will Rock
The first complete recording of Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock, restoring the composer’s original 1937 orchestrations, raises the inevitable...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2018
Fuse Ensemble: The Music of Gina Biver
Gina Biver is a musical force of nature: electroacoustic composer, producer, electric guitarist and director of the Washington DC-based Fuse...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2018
ABEL Time and Distance
Mark Abel’s fourth CD on Delos is rich in those moments of inspiration when a composer first comes under the...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2018
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Replay: The Guarneri at the top of their game; François in concert; Demus in Dresden
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
Pro-Ject Stereo Set E CD: Small System, Big Appeal
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
Book review - The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival (by Anne Sebba)
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Review - Berliner Philharmoniker and Seiji Ozawa: A Tribute
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Shostakovich at 50: three new box-sets that do the composer justice
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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