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...
This is the kind of disc a reviewer dreads. Why, you might ask? Is it so terrible? Far from it,...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2015
This recording is a kind of conversation between father and daughter; it begins with a luscious arrangement for string sextet...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 01/2015
The Panufnik Quartets have been recorded before, by the Chilingirian Quartet on the defunct Conifer label (12/93) and the Silesian...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 01/2015
R Larry Todd will be familiar to many readers as a Mendelssohn scholar. Clearly he’s an able pianist too, which...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2015
Although Rob Keeley may be known among contemporary music mavens for his formidable pianistic prowess and championing of new works,...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2015
Time is always well spent in the musical company of Captain Tobias Hume. For the Scottish-born professional soldier-for-hire, music was...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2015
Although currently little known in the UK, the Greek composer Konstantia Gourzi (b1962) is well established in Germany as a...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2015
Jean Françaix’s chamber music, whose great charm is difficult to analyse, is delightfully French, with its wit, lightness of touch,...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 01/2015
A composition pupil of Beat Furrer with six operas under her belt, Vienna-based Johanna Doderer (b1969) has some big name...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 01/2015
I find it odd that, with two works in which the piano takes the lead, it’s Johannes Moser whose photo...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 01/2015
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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