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...
Born in Liverpool in 1955, Ian Venables initially studied under Richard Arnell at Trinity College of Music, London, and later...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2011
The chief interest of this Brahms recital lies in Alexander Melnikov’s use of an 1875 Bösendorfer instrument, which he defends...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2011
These performances were taken live from concerts given at Meany Theatre, Seattle, last year. But if Craig Sheppard’s previous epic...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2011
This lavishly presented two-disc album couples three of Schumann’s large-scale masterpieces with two miniatures – a satisfyingly comprehensive portrait and...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2011
It is a pity that John Blow’s Venus and Adonis doesn’t get more outings, and not only because it was...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2011
One of the numerous composers frequently heard in western Europe while remaining all but unknown in the UK, René Koering...
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 05/2011
This is music for friends, and these Oslo musicians clearly enjoy playing together; the string quartet members seem especially well...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2011
Here’s a recording of Mendelssohn’s miraculous teenage Octet with a difference. Well, several differences, actually. The Eroica Quartet have gone...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2011
It would be bad form in this day and age to wonder what kind of dancing might go on to...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2011
Every so often a CD appears which, by means of some interpretative insight, changes our view of a piece of...
Reviewed in issue
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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