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...
Watching an old Last Night of the Proms programme on DVD might seem like eating halfwarmedup soup‚ but the year...
Reviewed in issue 13/2001
It is only a short while since I reviewed Massi-miliano Damerini's Etcetera recording of the two piano sonatas, blowing hot...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1993
One of the particular attractions of this disc is its delineation of contrasts and continuities between Brian Ferneyhough’s earlier and...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2006
I seem to be reviewing Mass recordings in pairs at the moment. This particular work needs no introduction, however. Machaut’s...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/1997
The Tennstedt and Levine performances of Mahler's First Symphony are transfers to CD of recordings made for LP. Inbal's on...
Reviewed in issue 9/1987
In presenting music associated, in some way or other, with a particular city, Yo-Yo Ma's ''The New York Album'' additionally...
Reviewed in issue 3/1995
There is no need to argue the credentials of Sir Charles Mackerras as a Mozart interpreter, so let us just...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2008
Each new recording by the Clement Janequin Ensemble these days is a major event. Their superbly controlled and beautifully balanced...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 11/1986
James Judd's Tchaikovsky coupling is one of those records where the performances are simple and unidiosyncratic, yet everything seems to...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1991
Clicks and crackle, say the producer’s notes, have been dealt with. Happily, the crackle of excitement has survived. A tremendous...
Reviewed in issue 3/1998
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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