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...
British viola music appears to be enjoying something of a renaissance at the moment, what with several recent recordings of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 01/2013
Fantasticus are an Amsterdam-based trio consisting of a Japanese violinist, an English gambist/cellist and an Argentinian harpsichordist, and this disc...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2013
Sol Gabetta has always had a singular ability to make the cello sing in an oddly delicate and feminine way...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2013
‘A Doll’s House’ is a collection of mostly short (two- to six-minute) and refreshingly varied pieces by British composers born...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2013
Sometimes, especially in Baroque music where even the most engaging music can tend towards the wallpaper if played with even...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2013
It was through the Piano Quartet that my love affair with Schumann’s chamber music began, when, as a student, I...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2013
The unorthodox line-up of the London Bridge Ensemble means that it can create enterprising programmes with ease, though for this...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2013
In the slow movement of his Cello Concerto, Dvořák quotes from his song ‘Lasst mich allein’, a favourite of his...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2013
Rather than presenting their Beethoven set in a neat chronological series, the Belcea Quartet mix quartets of different periods on...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013
Ehnes gives a stunning account of the Solo Sonata. The impression is that he’s simply following all Bartók’s meticulous direction...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013
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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