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...
Félicien David, an ardent devotee of the early-19th-century utopian Saint-Simonian social movement, upped and went to Egypt with the group...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 07/2012
The durability of John Holloway and Lars Mortensen’s musical collaboration, and the length of their relationship with this music, gives...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 07/2012
Stark octaves from the piano in the opening bars of Brahms’s First Sonata may not be quite the preparation for...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 07/2012
In 2006 Elliott Carter’s longevity and Pierre Boulez’s slow-coach approach to composition met in the middle, when Carter, then 98,...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 07/2012
The novelty on this disc is sandwiched between the masterpieces of Ravel and Fauré. Mel Bonis was a Frenchwoman, born...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2012
This is the Trio Wanderer’s 25th-birthday present to itself, and within the slimline package lie riches indeed. We begin with...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2012
The name of Marvin Ayres was unfamiliar to me but his website (www.marvinayres.com) informs me that he has ‘composed and...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2012
Though full symphony orchestras may serve mature Viennese waltzes reasonably faithfully, they give little idea of the rawer, more primitive...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 07/2012
Both these fine ‘atypical projects’ are related by their inclusion of Ravel’s G major Concerto which, as Philip Clark points...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2012
This is a delightful collection. Xavier de Maistre plays the harp with infinite finesse and much delicacy of colour. He...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 07/2012
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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