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...
This is an ecstatic outpouring of unknown music. Scott studied in Frankfurt along with Grainger and Quilter, then returned to...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 09/2013
Here we have not just a follow-up to Dacapo’s appetising first volume of Riisager orchestral works (1/12), but also a...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2013
It takes a fanatical Mozartian to claim these prepubescent symphonies as masterpieces. Yet each of them reveals the 12-year-old composer...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2013
It’s clear that Finghin Collins delights in Mozart and the four concertos here are the fruits of his time as...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2013
After the volatile, unruly and twice-written First Symphony (191216), Merikanto’s Second (1918) was produced with much greater ease – no...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2013
There are some memorable moments here, as well as one or two causes for critical doubt. For me, an obvious...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2013
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, is the common denominator here – and needless to say its venerated acoustic opens splendidly to this...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 09/2013
In his chapter on the Seventh in The Mahler Companion (OUP: 2002), Peter Revers cites Gielen’s interpretation as paradigmatic of...
Reviewed by Quantrill in issue: 09/2013
Having already begun a major Nielsen project, Dacapo continues its association with the New York Philharmonic in this collection of...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2013
Pieter Wispelwey is among the top rank of cellists, leading a generation of current performers who are equally impressive on...
Reviewed by IMarch in issue: 09/2013
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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