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...
Keen-eared collectors will enjoy spotting the differences between Walton’s original 1939 version of the Violin Concerto (familiar to connoisseurs from...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2017
The continuation of CPO’s Hendrik Andriessen series shows the Dutchman to be nothing if not consistent. His music is always...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2017
Mendelssohn’s five numbered symphonies make a motley collection: a piece of precocious juvenilia, three ‘named’ symphonies, only one of which...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2017
Leaving other Oxbridge choirs to squabble over Tallis and Byrd, under director Geoffrey Webber the Choir of Gonville & Caius...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2017
Franco Pavan’s recent forays into the exciting world of folk/early music with Laboratorio ’600 are stylish and exciting. His combination...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 09/2016
This is ORA’s third release in less than 18 months – a breathless pace that conductor-founder Suzi Digby plans to...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2017
A collection of settings of Psalm 42 in various translations curated by Catherine Alette Clover, author of New College-themed novel...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 09/2017
Gundula Janowitz officially retired from the stage in 1990 and, according to most accounts, gave occasional recitals until around the...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2017
How do you sing Kurt Weill? There is, I suspect, ultimately no one answer. As Dagmar Pecková points out in...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2017
Vaughan Williams must have been gratified by the positive reaction to his score for Scott of the Antarctic. The film...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 09/2017
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
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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