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...
It is obvious from the very opening of the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue that we are in the presence of...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 06/2012
Here we have two quite different approaches to the ‘48’: Peter Hill plays Book 2 on a modern Steinway, while...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2012
English clarinet music of the 20th century is something of a phenomenon. Perhaps by dint of the clarinet’s lyrical disposition,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 06/2012
Rinaldo Alessandrini’s chronological survey of Italian music for four-part strings from the seicento stretches from a canzona published in Venice...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2012
Bravo to the Nash Ensemble for championing these chamber works by Joaquín Turina. Neither of Turina’s compatriots and mentors, Albéniz...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2012
The young Chinese violinist Tianwa Yang has made a speciality of playing and recording the spectacular violin works of the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 06/2012
The debut collaboration of these three distinguished soloists is less of an ego-fest than you might imagine. The reciprocity in...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2012
The majority of Langgaard’s 10 string quartets (only six of which are numbered) are concentrated in his twenties and early...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2012
That Glazunov’s chamber music is often dismissed as old-fashioned isn’t necessarily a bad thing and although, as their teacher, Prokofiev...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2012
Having already given us excellent versions of Josef Bohuslav Foerster’s string quartets and violin concertos (10/08), Supraphon now treats us...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan 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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