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...
‘Meditation’ comes with a mission statement in an interview in which the singer says ‘people long for fulfilment, comfort and...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2014
Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim were born in Buenos Aires less than 18 months apart and were regarded as the...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2014
It should be said, before anyone has the chance to object to the appearance of yet another disc of Pärt’s...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 10/2014
After the first night of Oscar Wilde’s play, in 1895, George Bernard Shaw complained that it had more of the...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2014
Even with a never-ending stream of Beethoven piano concerto recordings, whether from established masters (Kempff, Arrau, Gilels, etc) or work...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2014
‘When in trouble, play Bach’ – wise advice from Edwin Fischer to a pupil. He was making an observation to...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 10/2014
Best known for his operas, Jake Heggie is also a prolific writer of songs (over 250 to date), many of...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW2014
And still the Saint Saëns discs keep coming. This new one, embracing the two cello concertos together with La muse...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: AW2014
To plan a recital revolving around the most famous trilogies of arias from Ariodante, Alcina and Hercules might seem an...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2014
For her first Bach recording, Lisa Batiashvili has chosen not to run through all the concertos or the solo violin...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW2014
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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