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...
Carl Nielsen cited Christian Horneman (1840-1906) as a vitally fresh voice in Danish music: will this disc tell us why?...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2012
The London music-seller John Walsh published Op 3 in 1734. Experts agree that Walsh probably constructed six concertos from numerous...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2012
Lawrence Foster is one of the best concerto accompanists in the business and almost always manages to impart freshness and...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2012
Recorded in Kraków after performances in Wrocław by an ensemble from Katowice, this disc combines two works from Krzysztof Penderecki’s...
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 06/2012
‘Music of Chopin’s Time is a series of recordings from the Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Poland,’ writes Stanisπaw Leszczyn´ski, its...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2012
It would be difficult to over-praise this wonderfully enterprising disc. Erik Chisholm was born in Glasgow and his music is...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2012
If any great pianist merits the word ‘integrity’, it is surely Annie Fischer. Frequently described during her heyday as the...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2012
The grand manner is implicit in Kent Nagano’s opening of the Triple Concerto. Cellos and basses are deep yet pianissimo,...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue:
I wonder if directing the Beethoven piano concertos from the keyboard is going to become a new orthodoxy? I hope...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 06/2012
Bach’s keyboard concertos were derived, in all cases, from previous contexts – whether original cantata sinfonias, oboe or violin concertos...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood 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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