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...
If Enrico Gatti is thinking of recording all four of Corelli’s sets of trio sonatas, it may take a while;...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2013
Rumours of the death of early music have, of course, been greatly exaggerated but the recent trajectory of L’Arpeggiata is...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born to sing these songs, and indeed many collectors will probably already have the performance of Mussorgsky’s...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2013
It was an excellent idea to take a specific Sunday in the church’s liturgical calender as the basis for this...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 04/2013
Among the glories of 19th- and 20th-century Anglican liturgical music are settings of the canticles, especially the Magnificat and Nunc...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2013
The Dresden Chamber Choir’s complete Schütz project continues with two contrasted releases. Vol 4 is devoted to the Zwölf Geistliche...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2013
This reissue celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Netherlands Chamber Choir. What gloriously warm and uplifting music this is –...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 04/2013
This is an absolutely outstanding release, bringing together a number of particularly intriguing works by Pärt. Though one could justifiably...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 04/2013
It is some time since a CD was devoted entirely to the rich wellspring of Parry’s 12 volumes of English...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 04/2013
Mozart’s Salzburg sacred music is an area into which Naxos hasn’t delved deeply, so this recording of two Missae breves...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2013
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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