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 is a most enjoyable collection. The performances are far from routine, indeed they are extremely well played, especially the...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1996
The opening bars of the Fauré A major Sonata do not make a good start to this disc. At least,...
Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 12/2002
''Value for money... but at a price!'', to quote a phrase coined by RC a few months back. As an...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1994
Neither composer nor performers need any introduction to enthusiasts for the early baroque, an area which Cantus Colln have made...
Reviewed in issue 8/2001
I have heard it said that with Fabio Biondi’s playing, you can’t tell whether he is using a baroque violin...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/1996
Bach produced 16 solo harpsichord transcriptions of concertos by Italian and German composers during his formative Weimar period, all of...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 3/2010
I have often pleaded for the return of this admirable performance to the catalogue. At last my wish has been...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1991
If one can talk of Leonardo Leo’s ‘most famous’ work, it has to be his double-choir Miserere of 1739, a...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/2003
What more is there to be said at this juncture about the virtues of Fischer-Dieskau in his prime (as here)...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1991
‘De Bach à Mozart’ this disc calls itself – ‘following the path of the trio sonata’. It would be hard...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2005
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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