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...
Gualberto Magli (d1625) was one of the great voices of his age. In 1608 he sang at the wedding celebrations...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2014
Here Renée Fleming joins a long line of star recitalists falling victim to later-career stage affectation. Though Maria Callas can’t...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2014
If the ‘Z’ section of your CD library is looking under-nourished, you ought quickly to acquire this new addition to...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2014
John Ward has had an odd career on record. He was just another name (mostly forgotten unless you were a...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 12/2014
That a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra and soloists by Vaughan Williams should only have received its world premiere performance...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2014
‘Dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the Russian genius of music’, as the booklet proclaims, this disc showcases two talented...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2014
I have maintained since the moment I heard it in 1981 that Tavener’s Akhmatova Requiem is a masterpiece. Not many...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2014
Recordings of Sullivan’s choral music are a rare commodity these days, and even rarer still are performances of these two...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2014
Sebastiano Baldini was a poet so well known as a writer of texts for music in his native Rome that...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 12/2014
The talented baritone Mark Stone adds another fine disc to his discography. Once again, the range of colour and dynamic...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2014
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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