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...
We’ve long needed a decent modern recording of Bax’s masterly 192122 Viola Sonata‚ so a warm welcome to this useful...
Reviewed in issue 3/2002
It’s Christmas come early for Kenneth Leighton’s many admirers as Chandos continues its invaluable survey with another two high-class releases,...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2010
Anatoly Grindenko is one of the most important musicians working in the field of early Russian chant. With the male-voice...
Reviewed in issue 4/1994
With its qualities of fine pianism and quiet but intense sensitivity, Martino Tirimo's medium-price Debussy series on Pickwick IMP Masters...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1992
From 1989 to the present day Peter Froundijan’s Schloss vor Husum Festival has challenged convention and celebrated the unique richness...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1997
The film The French Connection had a sequel, so why not indeed the Vivaldi CD? Having won a 2010 Gramophone...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2011
Bluebeard's Castle is a difficult opera to cast. Bluebeard himself must either be a bass who can get up to...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1988
Grieg’s G minor Quartet demands a lot of its performers, depending as it does on emotional colour and atmosphere. In...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2011
Releasing Bach cantatas one disc at a time necessarily results in a faroff completion date‚ but it has its advantages....
Reviewed in issue 5/2002
Jean Francaix had his first opus published in Paris in 1921, when he was nine. His music has remained an...
Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 11/2000
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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