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...
Following his masterly disc of the Chopin Ballades (Fondamenta, 4/12), Jean Muller continues with Liszt’s 12 Etudes d’exécution transcendante. And...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW2014
I’ve noted in these pages before the re emergence of the 16 foot register (sounding an octave below normal pitch)...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW2014
When in 1599 Will Kemp, great clown of the age, late a member of Shakespeare’s company and probably the creator...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW2014
The four Mozart-Grieg Sonatas have garnered more opprobrium than affection over the years but they still pop up occasionally. This...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2014
We’ve had Beethoven’s complete music for cello and piano on period instruments before – notably from Pieter Wispelwey and Paul...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW2014
There are two distinct facets to Pumeza Matshikiza’s vocal personality on this CD: the singer who is now a ‘fully...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: AW2014
Concerto de’ Cavalieri have produced recitals exploring the operas of Alessandro Scarlatti and Pergolesi, and the third volume in ‘The...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2014
As with a Bach Suite, learning a Vivaldi sonata is a rite of passage for every cellist. While not often...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: AW2014
Richard Strauss’s wind sonatinas, composed in the last years before his death, have a distinct Mozartian inheritance and were also...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: AW2014
Giovanni Battista Somis (1686-1763), pupil of Corelli and teacher of Leclair, Pugnani and many others, has always been seen as...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce 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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