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...
The virtues of David Fray’s 2007 D major Partita and D minor French Suite recording (7/07) are present in his...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2013
After robust, earthy Purcell and delicately characterful Louis Couperin, Richard Egarr’s Bach English Suites are carefully controlled, polished, thoughtful and...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 03/2013
Bach’s St John Passion gains more from the small-ensemble approach, I think, than its big sister, the St Matthew. Its...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2013
For some years Menotti’s Violin Concerto, along with his other purely instrumental works, was neglected. The first recording, with Tossy...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 03/2013
Wolf-Ferrari’s Violin Concerto, a late work, was written for the young American virtuoso Guila Bustabo, who had enjoyed a meteoric...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 03/2013
Like the sun on Monet’s haystacks or Rouen Cathedral, Vivaldi’s genius shone on his own conception of the Baroque concerto...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2013
A decent account of Tchaikovsky’s so-called Little Russian Symphony – though not so little in this expansive and beefy Cologne...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2013
As the title implies, the Symphonic Poem is based on three notes. Not particularly interesting notes; just the first three...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 03/2013
The whole Szymanowski landscape is here, from the Strauss-infatuated Concert Overture to the folk-inflected Bartókian pianism of the exotic Fourth...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2013
This is the sort of set that makes me grateful that classical recordings are still being made. As a refresher...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2013
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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