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...
On the face of it, this looks like just another organ recital, but in reality it celebrates the remarkable philanthropy...
Reviewed in issue 5/2001
The jewel-box cover draws attention to the fact that these two piano trios are close contemporaries. Korngold's was written in...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1990
“One of the world’s most sought after string quartets” is how these four young women are introduced in the booklet,...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 13/1997
Hard on the heels of the Solomon Trio's Pickwick coupling of the piano trios by Tchaikovsky and Arensky comes this...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1993
“A symphony for tenor, alto (or baritone), and orchestra.” So is the baritone option more than just a bracketed alternative?...
Reviewed in issue 2/1997
These superlative performances make one regret all the more that Beecham never recorded a Wagner opera complete in the studio:...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1994
These two reissues are a timely reminder of an era when producers showed more imagination than now in commissioning scores...
Reviewed in issue 5/1999
This record is destined, I would guess, to become a classic. Britten's cabaret songs were written for the singing actress...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 9/1993
This collection carries the welcome announcement that it is the first of a series in which Tippett will conduct his...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1990
These are both early works, written before Villa-Lobos's fateful meetings with Arthur Rubinstein and his consequent sojourn in Paris; but...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1990
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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