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...
For all the boldness of both the dots and their execution, the Elias Quartet observe a certain Classical propriety which...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 04/2015
All these recordings derive from performances at Martha Argerich’s annual Lugano Festival made between 2003 and 2009. Apart from their...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2015
Given that the music of Arvo Pärt is among a vanishingly small group by whom it is possible to follow...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2015
Brahms wrote his late clarinet music for Richard Mühlfield, as did Reinecke his Introduction and Allegro appassionato, a sombre work...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 03/2015
The Tetzlaff Quartet is unusual in consisting of four busy soloists who get together only intermittently. The upside is that...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2015
Agostino Steffani (1653-1728) is praised by scholarly cognoscenti as the missing link between Cavalli and Handel but opportunities to hear...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2015
Full of rapid scale like passages, sweeping arpeggios, syncopated rhythms and repeating patterns, Glass’s musical language seems custom built for...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 02/2015
Here is a portrait gallery of women in 19th-century German song, comprising two collections depicting Mignon (by Schubert and Wolf)...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 03/2015
Fauxbourdon is often seen as polyphony’s poor relation, suitable only for congregational Mass settings or choirs with too little rehearsal...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2015
Prégardien père and fils have been performing together for several years and this disc of duets – some original, most...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2015
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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