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...
Nelson Goerner presents some of Schumann’s wildest children in this finely recorded recital, beginning with the mighty Etudes symphoniques. Beauty...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2015
Shai Wosner muses in his booklet essay on the notion of Schubert and time, observing that often the composer’s short...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2015
Initial enthusiasm for a record largely devoted to Schubert dances is easily dampened if the performances are insufficiently vital, affectionate...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015
The 1990 winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition ranges far and wide and, having recently introduced us to the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015
Christa Landon’s numbering 1 to 62 is followed. But her 1960s edition was superseded in 2009 when Wiener Urtext published...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 01/2015
The end is in sight: 12 down, three to go. Scherbakov’s Herculean task of recording all of Leopold Godowsky’s music...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015
Godard’s fortunes have taken a decided turn for the better in recent years, with two recordings of both his piano...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015
Janina Fialkowska continues her Chopin odyssey with a subtle and elusive challenge. The 55 Mazurkas (extended from what was once...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015
The third volume in Barry Douglas’s Brahms cycle once again suggests carefully considered and imaginative programme-planning rather than following a...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015
Described as ‘a rising star’, the 19-year-old Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan has surely already risen, and it is greatly to...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison 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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