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...
Two distinct ages of Brahms interpretation are represented here – and if we consider just two moments from the First...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2013
Even before Lisa Batiashvili makes her entrance, we can sense this will be an outstanding performance of the Brahms. Finely...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 04/2013
In the last decade of his life Bloch concentrated to great effect on solo and chamber music for strings. The...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 04/2013
That touch of sighing desolation in the introductory Adagio of No 4 eludes Joshua Bell, ensemble too loud for pianissimo,...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 04/2013
Can it really be nearly a quarter of a century since Rivka Golani’s world premiere recording of Bax’s delectable Phantasy...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2013
Why would a viola player or a bassoonist not want to play Bach? And who with a heart would want...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2013
This musical jardin à la française is dedicated to the memory of Brigitte Engerer, whose death in June last year...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue:
Is it just a coincidence that this semi-pops recital from Ingolf Wunder features many works both closely associated with and...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2013
After recording little-known early-19th-century violin music by Alard and Mercadante, Luigi De Filippi – a busy soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 04/2013
As Maurizio Baglini launches into Carnaval, the first impression is of a muddy acoustic, in which the textures lose definition...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith 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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