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...
Is it a comment on the sophistication of likely purchasers of Compact Discs that where the LP version is entitled...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1983
As his German award-winning account of the Fifth Symphony with the Philharmonia Orchestra reaffirmed (HMV ASD4168, 4/82), Simon Rattle is...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1985
In these remarkable performances, full of character and insight, Martha Argerich and Dora Schwarzberg strive for the maximum in expressive...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2006
Sinopoli's interpretation of Elgar's First Symphony is less controversial than his treatment of the Second (2/89). The work does not...
Reviewed in issue 6/1992
This release claims ‘première recordings’ status‚ which‚ if not entirely true‚ is certainly close‚ since recordingcompany interest in Johann Adam...
Reviewed in issue 9/2001
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) was one of the most prolific and popular opera composers of the late-18th century and it’s amusing...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 8/2011
Vivaldi and Albinoni have cornered the Venetian late baroque market to such an extent that other fellow Venetians are all...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1997
Both these performances have been issued on CD before (on 410 197-2OH, 6/84, and 411 658-2OHM, 11/84 respectively); I presume...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1987
Whoever may have it in mind to improve upon previous attempts to chart a way through the history of recorded...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2000
Bruno Maderna’s radiophonic opera, based on a text by Federico Garcia Lorca, won an Italia Prize in 1962. It tells...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1997
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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