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...
Competition is hotting up in Hindemith’s viola sonatas. They have fared better than most of his works in this genre,...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2014
A title with a message, a message worth pondering. Negotiating context is what good composers aspire to and what complacent...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 10/2014
Jennifer Pike may only be 24 but she’s already an established figure on the music scene and, together with her...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2014
Venezuela’s El Sistema must bring a blush to the cheeks of most governments (especially here in the comparatively well heeled...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2014
This collection of guitar concertos largely inspired by Australia’s Top End is as much a tribute to Peter Sculthorpe, who...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2014
'Hidden Treasures of Italy’ is what the Montreal-based Arion Baroque Orchestra have called this release; and indeed, when the most...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2014
For ‘Escape to Paradise’, Daniel Hope has brought together two generations of composers who were and are linked indelibly to...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2014
It is always a pleasure to hear the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, whatever they play. I say this because...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2014
To commemorate Jeanne Lamon’s 33 years as Music Director of the Toronto-based Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, this issue is a compilation...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 10/2014
Ysaÿe’s six sonatas for solo violin are well represented on disc. Not so his concertante works – more than 16...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2014
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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