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...
Anyone who has watched Agatha Christie’s Poirot on television will have heard the striking opening sequence, the work of Christopher...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 03/2013
Alexander Goehr turned 80 last August and this programme, spanning nearly 50 years of his creative life, is as welcome...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 03/2013
Zuill Bailey is a class act, as anyone who has investigated his recordings of the Korngold and Dvořák cello concertos...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2013
Of many famous soloists associated with the Mozart concerto I remember particularly the account of Gervase de Peyer, who played...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 03/2013
Maddening or enchanting – Cherkassky could veer from one to the other. Taking a mischievous delight in a freedom that...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 03/2013
These two Russian symphonies come from a time when Tchaikovsky was still role model No 1, Myaskovsky had yet to...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 03/2013
John Corigliano’s imposing song-cycle One Sweet Morning was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic to commemorate the 10th anniversary of...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2013
Is the 16-foot harpsichord register making a comeback? Andreas Staier has been making much use of this Landowska-esque device recently...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2013
That this programme of arrangements is so thoroughly enjoyable is due largely to the quality of the performances. Maxim Rysanov...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 03/2013
That Johann Sebastian Bach was one of a large family of Bachs is well known, but this disc brings forward...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield 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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