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...
What a wonderful opera this is. Tamerlano comes between Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda: not nearly as well known as either,...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2014
This is one of the Met’s ‘Live in HD’ performances relayed to cinemas last year. It comes complete with the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2014
Birtwistle has always been fascinated by drama and the theatre, which began to manifest itself in compositions for the concert...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 08/2014
Writing in 1954, David Oistrakh, who was close to Prokofiev during the gestation of both the violin sonatas, made an...
Reviewed in issue 08/2014
Classic FM has been grooming the young pianist Ji Liu for his debut solo CD, leaving nothing to chance. The...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014
Like its predecessors, the sixth release in Andreas Haefliger’s ‘Perspectives’ series of mixed recitals includes Beethoven sonatas, leading one to...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014
Having already paid tribute to the many celebrated students of Tobias Matthay, APR continues with a two-disc set reminding you...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2014
Bespangled organ shoes, tight jeans, a (clean) vest, a retro Mohican and a touch of mascara. How different to the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2014
Listening to this, the Italian-born guitarist Edoardo Catemario’s tribute to the repertoire that caused him to fall in love with...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2014
Roman Mints declares in the booklet-note that ‘we have reached a point where new recordings of mainstream repertoire are basically...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 08/2014
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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