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...
Hard on the heels of the Bergamo Festival’s memorable 2022 bicentenary realisation of Donizetti’s Chiara e Serafina (4/24), we have...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 08/2024
As Martin Anderson, founder of Toccata Classics, comments in his introductory note, Brian’s one-time reputation as ‘the most prolific symphonist...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2024
If you’re in search of an album of choral music that embraces the rich diversity and encyclopaedic range of the...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2024
This sounds like an enjoyable concert to have attended. Two of today’s brightest soprano stars – both friends and rivals...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2024
Reminiscent of the cross-cultural crossover projects of L’Arpeggiata and Hespèrion XXI, this imaginative, deliciously sombre recording brings together 17th-century English...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2024
Contrasts and continuities combine to create some fascinating and revealing results on two recent releases of vocal and instrumental music...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2024
Grace Williams’s reputation has, for many years, been predicated on her abilities as an instrumental composer, notably the two works...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 08/2024
This significant and highly enjoyable release offers a generous cross-section of both well-known and hitherto neglected repertory by, arguably, the...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2024
Orazio Vecchi had two stints as maestro di cappella at the cathedral in his native Modena, although early in his...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2024
As Fabrice Fitch explained in his Gramophone Collection in the last issue, there is already an extensive discography for Heinrich...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 08/2024
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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