Book review - Pierre Boulez: Organised Delirium (by Caroline Potter)
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
Edward Gardner directs a superbly perceptive account of Walton’s Second Symphony, exhilarating in its purposeful thrust yet never flinching from...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2015
The fusion of elegance, vivacity and taste in the playing of these Vivaldi concertos is a feature that warmly recommends...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 05/2015
As I write, the Australian Chamber Orchestra are touring Australia with The Four Seasons interspersed (seasoned?) by contributions from oud...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 05/2015
Both conductors – Ryan Wigglesworth (in No 4) and Vladimir Jurowski (No 8) – make a strong case for these...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2015
Although this disc is entitled ‘Concertos and Suites’, and there are indeed two of each, the concerto element is in...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2015
Christian Thielemann has already recorded Strauss’s Alpensinfonie twice – with the Vienna Philharmonic, once on CD (DG, 6/01) and once...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2015
If a conductor and orchestra can get the opening right (and it’s amazing how many sacrifice momentum to grandeur) then...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2015
Rudolf Barshai began transcribing Shostakovich’s string quartets when the composer was still alive, eventually fleshing out as many as five...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2015
In a very busy field, this stands out for the integrity of Leonard Slatkin’s perceptive musicianship. Finding that mixture of...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 05/2015
This recording of Daphnis, like the ballet itself, begins so softly that it is not until some seconds in that...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 05/2015
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
These are engaging, spontaneous-sounding performances that if widely heard could well spark off a...
Richard Bratby charts the relationship between the conductor and his Italian orchestra
‘Mengelberg’s performances – like Furtwängler’s – were for the most part products of careful...
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