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...
How come Andrzej Panufnik’s Sinfonia elegiaca and Sinfonia sacra feel emotionally and intellectually satisfying while his Symphony No 10 doesn’t...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 03/2012
With soloists from his own Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado here demonstrates formidably their virtuosity and sensitivity in two of Mozart’s...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue:
Ernest John (‘Jack’) Moeran laboured over his never-to-be-finished Second Symphony for some 11 years until his death in Kenmare, County...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2012
Vassily Kalinnikov’s First Symphony of 1894-95 contains at least one tune to die for: beam to 1'08" in the opening...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue:
It’s difficult to believe when watching a very frail-looking Günter Wand conducting Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony at the Proms in 1990...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2012
A neat coupling brings together the three works that Britten wrote for violin and/or viola with orchestra. The most substantial...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 03/2012
Julius Katchen was a pianist whose playing exuded a glamour and exuberance known to few. I have returned to his...
Reviewed in issue 03/2012
I was mightily impressed with Arthur Benjamin’s brooding, large-scale Symphony from 1944-45 (in Barry Wordsworth’s eloquent account with the LPO...
Reviewed in issue 03/2012
Fans of the great Nelson Freire will, like me, be as surprised as they are intrigued to read of the...
Reviewed in issue 03/2012
Having had, frankly, an indifferent time in recent years as a pianist in the studio, this great musician here returns...
Reviewed 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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