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...
Contrary to what you might be expecting, Francesco Venturini (c1675-1745) is not some justly forgotten two-a-penny Italian Baroque concerto composer:...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2007
Itzhak Perlman has here had the charming idea of going back to some of the concertante works which he learnt...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1999
In the quarter of a century since this recording was issued, appreciation of Janacek has come far. This was the...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1995
If these performances initially sound more up-front than Domus on Hyperion, that's largely because the recording places the listener closer...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1990
Space does not permit a detailed account of the genesis of this 'complete' music for Peer Gynt. Suffice to say...
Reviewed in issue 5/1987
This is, by and large, a magnificent achievement. Indeed, I would dare a prophecy: it may become known as one...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1991
A challenge for any group performing Mozart’s great wind serenades is finding a happy balance between a euphonious ensemble blend...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 5/2006
Two transfers of the 1937 account of Sibelius’s Fourth Symphony, one on EMI, the other on Koch Legacy. Both are...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1992
Holy Week, on this new recording, is announced by the Cardinal’s Musick with the strong rising fifth of the opening...
Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/2003
In the voluminous history of Don Giovanni recordings, an honoured place has always been accorded to the Giulini version of...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1998
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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