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...
Ukrainian themes are at the core of Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony, the Little Russian, and Karabits – himself a Ukrainian –...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2012
James Ehnes’s programme, complementing the Concerto with the rest of Tchaikovsky’s solo violin music, follows Julia Fischer, who issued exactly...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue:
Only a DVD culled from a live concert could throw up the unlikely pairing of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony with From...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 03/2012
In 2001 Valery Gergiev directed members of his own Kirov (Mariinsky) and Rotterdam orchestras in an unexceptionable live recording of...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2012
For the most part, collectors familiar with pianist Denis Matsuev’s earlier recordings of Shostakovich’s First Concerto and Shchedrin’s Fifth will...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue:
A telling litmus test for performances of the Rhenish is the gently flowing, song-like third movement (marked simply Nicht schnell),...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2012
This is a strange one, but the music does at least have rarity value. It is safe to say that,...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue:
Roussel’s balletic exposé of seething life in the insect world receives a vibrant performance from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue:
Nino Rota was a celebrated film composer but, on the evidence of these two cello concertos, he is less skilled...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 03/2012
Improbably, two recordings of this mammoth Concerto have arrived within six months. It’s a problem piece, as Reger seems always...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 03/2012
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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