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...
The most recent foray into Mozart’s Salzburg church music pairs his most popular Mass from the period with the first...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2023
Mahler’s own piano version of his Das Lied von der Erde has struggled to establish itself in the repertory since...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2023
In January, reviewing Blue Heron’s recording of the Remede de Fortune, I mentioned that one of the problems was the...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 03/2023
A unifying theme on Exaudi’s third album of Christopher Fox’s vocal music is the devastation of armed conflict. Commissioned to...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 03/2023
The Wrocław-based NFM Choir is no stranger to Bob Chilcott’s music, having previously recorded an acclaimed album of his a...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2023
Byrd’s later years are a fascinating time for Tudor music, and for his 400th anniversary Stile Antico dedicate a whole...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 03/2023
Around a decade ago, Chinese classical guitarist Xuefei Yang released a compilation album: ‘Sojourn: The Very Best of Xuefei Yang’....
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2023
This is a live recording of a concert given by Benjamin Alard on February 1, 2020, as part of a...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2023
The Études-tableaux were not made for performing or hearing as a cycle. They are too much for one half of...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 03/2023
Simon Proctor (b1959) is best known for music for rare instruments. His Concerto for Serpent (1987) featured at some of...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2023
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
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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