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...
Hard on the heels of Philippe Graffin’s refreshing new slant on the Tchaikovsky Concerto comes a comparably communicative rival version...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2014
Not since Ferenc Fricsay and Carlos Kleiber have I heard better-prepared performances of Strauss family perennials. Granted that Clemens Krauss...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2014
Rob Cowan reviewed the first volume of Heinz Holliger’s Schumann symphony cycle last December and concluded that, as it continued,...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2014
Here are three recent works of strong personality, genuine substance and warm-hearted integrity by a composer entirely new to me....
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2014
Revueltas composed his music for the film La noche de los Mayas (his sixth film score) in 1939. While Chano...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2014
Valerie Tryon’s second disc for Somm once more distils her very recognisable virtues. Whether in Rachmaninov, Richard Strauss or Dohnányi,...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2014
At last the brightest stars in Sony’s firmament come together: Lang Lang (32) and Nikolaus Harnoncourt (nearly 85). The marketing...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2014
'Almost completely forgotten’, says the booklet-note about Emanuel Moór (1863-1931), thus relieving the pangs of guilt within those of us...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2014
The differences between these two productions strike home forcibly right from the off, as early as the First Symphony’s opening...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2014
A recap may be in order. In Edward Seckerson’s criticism of the ‘forensic exposition’ of the Sixth (8/14), David Gutman’s...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill 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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