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...
Andrew Litton plays transcriptions of improvisations by the much-loved jazz pianist Oscar Peterson; The Bad Plus perform what is termed...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 07/2014
The disc’s title and raison d’être escape me: ‘Scandale’ says the cover in shocking pink. The ‘Rite of Spring’ premiere...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2014
All the main suspects are here: Bach, Franck, Vierne, Messiaen. Sometimes they pair up – the disc opens with Marcel...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 07/2014
Vaughan Jones has his hands full with this repertoire. Rare (for which read ‘obscure’) music for violin from the late...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 07/2014
Audite’s two-CD set of recordings made for RIAS Berlin in 1962 and 1964 adds several first issues to Julius Katchen’s...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2014
Myung-Whun Chung is better known these days as a conductor. But he began his career as a pianist, winning joint...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2014
Ysaÿe’s Solo Violin Sonatas explore the instrument’s capabilities in an entirely original way. The score of the Sonatas has meticulous...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 07/2014
Over the years...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2014
Weighed against the great orchestral scores, Stravinsky’s works for solo piano form a minor part of his output. Few works...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2014
Just to clarify, this latest Schubert release is a mix of Paul Lewis old and new. The last two sonatas...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/14
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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