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...
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Cuatro: A Tribute to the Music of Spain
Why ‘Cuatro’? Because the four guitarists of the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet are performing, on their fourth recording for Chandos, four...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 01/2014
DVOŘÁK String Quartet No 12 BARBER String Quartet
There seems to be a minor fashion at the moment for using an American thread to pull together groups of...
Reviewed in issue 01/2014
BEETHOVEN; BRUCKNER; HARTMANN; HOLLIGER String Quartets
In this two-disc set, the Zehetmair Quartet cover nearly 200 years of string quartet writing: the first pin is firmly...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2014
STENHAMMAR String Quartets Nos 5 & 6
The Stenhammars continue their self-evidently well-played-in cycle of their namesake’s seven works in the medium. Turn immediately to No 6...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2014
Rebel de père en fils
The Rebels, and for that matter the Francoeurs, have yet to receive the attention they deserve. They held some of...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 01/2014
Marjukka Tepponen : Airs chantés
The Finnish soprano Marjukka Tepponen has a rich vocal quality, a sensitivity and a passionate soul that suit her well...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2013
Christiane Karg sings Strauss, Fauré, Debussy, Poulenc
One of the beauties of Wigmore Hall Live is how accomplished, young-ish singers are given a platform for song recitals...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2013
VICTORIA Tenebrae Responsories
Up until now, choosing a recording of Victoria’s Tenebrae Responsories was an easy task. If you wanted glossy thickness of...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
STANFORD Partsongs
It’s a mark of musical fashion that this disc from Paul Spicer and the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir is the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
STANFORD Partsongs
It’s a mark of musical fashion that this disc from Paul Spicer and the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir is the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Review - Berl Senofsky: American Virtuoso
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
Book review - Tchaikovsky’s Empire: A New Life of Russia’s Greatest Composer (by Simon Morrison)
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
Review - Max Rostal: Concert Tours 1956-1965
These are engaging, spontaneous-sounding performances that if widely heard could well spark off a...
Review - The Complete Symphonic, Concertante & Sacred Music Recordings (Orch dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano)
Richard Bratby charts the relationship between the conductor and his Italian orchestra
Review - recent Mengelberg releases from the archives
‘Mengelberg’s performances – like Furtwängler’s – were for the most part products of careful...
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