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...
The First Piano Concerto of Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) has been recorded several times, his Second Concerto less frequently. To my...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2012
Conscious summation or not, Shostakovich’s Fifteenth is one of the most inscrutable symphonic masterworks in the repertoire. As the composer...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 02/2012
Schumann’s Cello Concerto, Op 129, is enjoying something of a vogue among violinists at present. Schumann made the arrangement, presumably...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2012
The nature of Rimsky-Korsakov’s fairy-tale operas and the brilliance of his orchestral ear naturally lend themselves to selections such as...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 02/2012
In his time Arne Nordheim (1931-2010) was the most abused and celebrated composer in Norway. The change in attitude from...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2012
The first movement of K459 is usually marked Allegro. Here it is Allegro vivace; but the chosen tempo is broadly...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 02/2012
If I describe the Mendelssohn performance as meticulous, this is not to suggest a lack of spontaneity or awareness of...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 02/2012
Hard on the heels of a notably crisp and virile Resurrection, the opening event of Leipzig’s recent international Mahlerthon, Accentus...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue:
Deutsche Grammophon’s signing of the Seoul Philharmonic (founded as long ago as 1948) under its seasoned Francophile music director has...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 02/2012
This recording of Korngold’s Violin Concerto is one of a number made in recent years, including an identical coupling with...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards 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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