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...
These recordings of live broadcasts dating from 1968 79 tell us in no uncertain terms of Nelson Freire’s immaculate overall...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2014
That’s a digger on the cover of this CD, but not just any digger. Look closely and you’ll see caterpillar...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 11/2014
Boris Tchaikovsky (no relation) is hardly top of anyone’s hit parade but that soft spot I have for his music...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 11/2014
By the time you read this, Philippe Jordan (son of the much-missed Armin) will have taken up the reins as...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2014
These performances add to the impressive array of repertoire combined with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s mix of versatility and excellence...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2014
It is 10 years since Vladimir Jurowski previously recorded Shostakovich’s Sixth with the indigenous musicians of the Russian National Orchestra...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2014
Christian Tetzlaff may be the only front-ranking soloist to have recorded all Sibelius’s output for violin and orchestra but then...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2014
This is a curious anthology. The performances of the two early overtures La scala di seta and Il Signor Bruschino...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue:
One of the particular pleasures of this filmed concert is watching the avuncular maestro Yuri Temirkanov direct a group of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2014
Behzod Abduraimov was an unknown 18-year-old when he won the 2009 London International Piano Competition with a sensational performance of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue:
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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