Schumann's symphonies – building a fantasy world
- Friday, January 8, 2016
Philip Clark explores why Simon Rattle, Heinz Holliger, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Robin Ticciati are immersing themselves in Schumann's highly individual sound world
Philip Clark explores why Simon Rattle, Heinz Holliger, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Robin Ticciati are immersing themselves in Schumann's highly individual sound world
Here is a composer who tackles big subjects on the largest of canvases, drawing inspiration from around the world, writes Pwyll ap Siôn
Complete? Well, almost. Philip Clark evaluates the collected DG recordings of a towering figure in the music of our time
Amanda Holloway talks to Peter Donohoe about Prokofiev’s 'explosion of virtuosity'
Kirill Karabits tells Philip Clark why he started his Prokofiev cycle at the end
The Speaker of the House of Commons on music to drive to, and performing in G&S
James Jolly talks to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's Chief Conductor-elect
Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews
César Franck’s Violin Sonata is a complex piece, and Caroline Gill finds that the numerous recordings fall into two broad camps
To mark the centenary of the birth of the great German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, we revisit an interview we ran to mark her 75th birthday, in 1990
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