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...
Epithets like ‘blithe’, ‘happy’, ‘lyrical’, ‘enchanting’ used to describe the Trout Quintet and haven’t changed over the years. The Moritzburg...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 02/2012
The obvious point of reference here is the Kronos Quartet’s cycle of Schnittke string quartets, released as a complete edition...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 02/2012
Six instruments – two violins, viola, double bass and two horns – for the Divertimento. No cello? Perhaps the work...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 02/2012
Martin Peerson and John Milton (the poet’s father) were members of the lively musical community based in the area around...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2012
For those interested in the music of William Mathias, a still much-underrated British composer, this recording is particularly welcome for...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 02/2012
Although most Gramophone readers know Stephen Hough as one of his generation’s foremost pianists, he also trained as a composer...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2012
Numerous are the composers whose creativity has been forced to take a back seat, as is typified by the career...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2012
Bloch wrote five mature string quartets, spanning 40 years of his life, while the impressionistic shorter pieces included here date...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 02/2012
After the epic confrontation of James MacMillan’s earlier concerto, its successor deftly combines trumpet and strings in music that ranges...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2012
Movements from Mozart’s piano concertos, especially the slower ones, are often likened to his operatic arias. This comparison seems small...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 02/2012
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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