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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DELIUS; ELGAR String Quartets
Although it was well received at its November 1916 world premiere in London, Delius’s String Quartet was promptly revised by...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2017
CHAMINADE Piano Trios
So far as I can see, this is only the second time that both of Chaminade’s piano trios have appeared...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2017
BRAHMS String Quintets Nos 1 & 2
In their overarching feeling of balance and proportion, these interpretations by the WDR Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players remind me of...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2017
BLOCH Music for Cello and Piano
Can it really be that the Ernest Bloch who wrote the Cello Sonata (1897) is the same composer who penned...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2017
ARENSKY Piano Trios
The Wilkomirski Trio are endorsed by the Wilkomirski Family Foundation, whose mission is to continue the artistic legacy of a...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2017
Perfido!
All three composers represented here were active in opera but these scenes and arias were composed as stand-alone works and...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2017
Christiane Karg: Parfum
‘Like the aroma of a costly perfume that evaporates and leaves behind it just a hint of elegance’ is how...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2017
Pange Lingua - Music for Corpus Christi
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross, explore music for Corpus Christi through the hymns of Saint...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 07/2017
Excerpts from Falla El Amor brujo
‘A symbolic celebration of the 140th anniversary of the birth of Manuel de Falla’ is how Jordi Savall, in a...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2017
WEEKS Mala punica. Walled Garden
Brian Eno once argued that experimental composers are by instinct gardeners, who plant musical seeds that evolve into complex systems...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 07/2017
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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