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...
This disc is labelled ‘Libro secondo’, even though so far there has been no ‘Libro primo’; the reference, however, is...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2014
This is a lively and characterful Swan Lake from Neeme Järvi and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. As with their recording...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 03/2014
Juha Kangas’s track record in Nordgren’s music goes back a long way, at least to the 1970 premiere of the...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2014
Each time I’ve heard Ray Chen I’ve been impressed by the way he infuses his performances with spirit and vitality....
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 03/2014
It’s all here, every concerto Mozart wrote for the horn, either complete or newly reconstructed by Stephen Roberts, K370b and...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 03/2014
Provided that expectations are not pitched too high, there is much to enjoy here. Incorrigibly prolific, Saverio Mercadante bequeathed a...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 03/2014
It is Chailly who impresses most here, not that his radical rethink will satisfy everyone. Admirers of his audio recording...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2014
Benjamin Zander’s continuing exploration of Mahler’s symphonies with the Philharmonia Orchestra for Telarc was highly regarded on two fronts: first,...
Reviewed by Ken Smith in issue: 03/2014
Liszt’s Ad nos, ad salutarem undam is one of the greatest works written for the organ, a thrilling Gothic masterpiece...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2014
A native of Baku, Azerbaijan, Kara Karayev (1918-82) was a composition pupil of Shostakovich at the Moscow Conservatory. Unlike his...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2014
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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