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...
For his debut solo recording, the French period violinist Thibault Noally has devised a solo recital that mixes known with...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 03/2014
Karol Szymanowski was never a concert virtuoso but knew the piano inside out, writing music that, despite its often complex...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2014
Timing can sometimes be cruel. Only a couple of months ago I was blown away by Mitsuko Uchida’s fiery and...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2014
David Goode recorded what was described as the first volume in a complete Reger cycle in 2003. Then he produced...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 03/2014
In contrast with the characterful ebullience distinguishing Richard Egarr’s Handel concerto releases for Harmonia Mundi, the harpsichordist approaches the composer’s...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2014
In Gareth Malone’s Gareth Malone’s Guide To Classical Music (William Collins, 2011), Gareth Malone considers New Complexity composition. Composers minded...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 03/2014
It is one of the idiosyncrasies of the organ repertoire. Elgar’s Organ Sonata in G, dating from 1895, includes passages...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 03/2014
Jonathan Biss begins the third volume of his Beethoven cycle with an animated and beautifully inflected account of the Pastoral...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2014
After complete cycles of the Mozart and Schubert sonatas and an account of the Goldberg Variations, Daniel-Ben Pienaar continues his...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 03/2014
Two opinions: from Richard Egarr that the Goldberg Variations ‘are ultimately symbiotic with the sound world of the harpsichord’; from...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni 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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