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...
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Vilde Frang: Homage
For openers Vilde Frang treats us to a chirpy morsel by Franz Ries, La capricciosa, a piece that as a...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2018
Tamsin Waley-Cohen: Bohemia
The heart gives a little leap at the prospect of Dvořák chamber music, especially when it comes from a duo...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2017
SILVESTROV Hieroglyphen der Nacht
This recording of music for cello solo and two cellos by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov is a disc of...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2018
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos 7, 8 & 9 (Altius Quartet)
It is curious how rarely these three quartets, written in relatively close proximity (Nos 7 and 8 in 1960, No...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017
PIXIS Piano Trios
You’d be forgiven for not being au fait with Johann Peter Pixis, or if you were at all, it might...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2018
MENDELSSOHN Works for Cello and Piano
It’s fair to say that the world is not short of Mendelssohn cello-and-piano recital recordings. But although Poltéra and Brautigam...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2017
SCHNITTKE Piano Quintet. Piano Quartet
The Piano Quintet is one of Schnittke’s darkest, most haunting works. It takes existential angst to a pitch at which...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 01/2018
FRANCK String Quartet CHAUSSON Chanson perpétuelle
The Quatuor Zaïde, who caused a bit of a stir last year with their recording of Haydn’s Op 50 Quartets...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2018
FITKIN String Quartets
Hard on the heels of their marvellous NMC release of John McCabe (12/17), the ever-impressive Sacconi Quartet have turned their...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2018
FRANCK; FAURÉ; PROKOFIEV Sonatas for Flute and Piano
Instrumental soloists have long coveted sonatas and concertos for other instruments. Flautist Sharon Bezaly’s new disc contains three sonatas, two...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2018
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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