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...
This is another foray into totally unexplored territory where Lewis Foreman and Dutton have lifted the dust off forgotten scores...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue:
It is normal for enterprising musicians to find ways to adapt Bach’s compositions to fit their instruments, whether they play...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 04/2012
There are 97 titles on these five CDs lasting just over six hours, a timing that includes two live broadcasts...
Reviewed in issue 04/2012
The two substantial lute sonatas by Silvius Leopold Weiss on this recording, each of which comprises for the most part...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue:
Rameau’s harpsichord pieces can work wonderfully well on the modern concert grand, as Marcelle Meyer proved to magical effect, not...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue:
As with its two predecessors, the third volume of Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart keyboard music cycle attests to the young fortepianist’s...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2012
The booklet is infuriating. The 12-page German/English text has an (admittedly interesting) essay on ‘Franz Liszt and the Organ Landscape...
Reviewed in issue 04/2012
Charles Koechlin’s name has a prominent place in the development of French music but his music has so far eluded...
Reviewed in issue
Writing of Goya, Granados recalled his ‘models, quarrels, his loves and flatteries, those pink and white cheeks against lace and...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 04/2012
It is surely a critic’s joy to discover a major talent relatively unknown and appearing on a minor label. Jean...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue:
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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