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 booklet-notes for this release cite the term ‘Berlin Classicism’ for the school of talented composers working at the court...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2012
A concept album which may or may not suit the dedicated collector but is certainly worth trying. Melba’s packaging includes...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2012
After four CDs placing Henk de Vlieger’s egregious digests of the music dramas alongside other orchestral items, Neeme Järvi and...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 06/2012
There have been a number of collections of the ballets that Verdi wrote for Parisian productions of his operas. Notoriously,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 06/2012
Both performances emanate from the final concert in Christopher Seaman’s final season (his 13th in all) as music director of...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2012
Dmitri Kitaenko’s new Fifth may be a rather less wayward creature than his Manfred (A/10) but that doesn’t necessarily make...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2012
The opening of the symphony is a very pointed example of what makes Pletnev both intriguing and irritating. Tchaikovsky’s marking...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2012
‘Wastefully large’, Stravinsky notoriously came to label his original orchestration of The Firebird in the 1910 ballet recorded here, but...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 06/2012
Sophie Pacini (b1991) is a protégée of Martha Argerich and it shows – not only in her front-cover portrait but...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2012
Having given us the fleetest, leanest Beethoven modern-instrument symphony cycle on disc, usually with exhilarating results, David Zinman now bids...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 06/2012
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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