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...
Vivaldi’s ‘Pisendel’ Sonatas? Well, we already have Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets, so it’s not too difficult to guess that these sonatas...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue:
The previous Naxos recording of Schumann’s Piano Quintet (Jeno˝ Jandó and the Kodály Quartet) has been a stalwart of the...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2012
It’s nearly 20 years since the Takács last recorded Schubert’s Quintet (with a different line-up and the cellist Miklós Perényi)...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2012
Mendelssohn’s major works for cello and piano – the two sonatas and the Variations concertantes – are the ideal fit...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2012
Peter Holman writes perceptively in the booklet about the trajectory of Matthew Locke’s career from Exeter choirboy to musician at...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2012
In the history of violin technique, Pietro Locatelli occupies a very distinct and curious position. A child prodigy who possibly...
Reviewed in issue 12/2012
Although best known for his orchestral works, chamber music constitutes almost as large a part of Magnus Lindberg’s production, reflected...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2012
With the harp increasingly used as a continuo instrument in recent decades, the sweet but deeply touching sound world conjured...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2012
A student of Jean Langlais who succeeded Olivier Messiaen (an obvious influence) at La Trinité, Hakim is an eclectic. He...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2012
This disc might be more accurately titled ‘Complete Music for String Trio’, since only one fully fledged string trio is...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2012
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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