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 organists featured on this handsomely presented two-disc set take us back to the days when organ recitals had audiences...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2023
Shostakovich’s pianistic magnum opus continues to grow in stature, both musically and ethically. Each encounter reveals new facets of its...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2023
The Swiss pianist Fabrizio Chiovetta has amassed an impressive discography on the Claves, Palexa and Aparté labels over the past...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 02/2023
I much enjoyed the finesse of William Youn’s playing in his first volume of Schubert (A/20) and now we reach...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2023
The Royal Academy of Music in London celebrated its bicentenary last year. Among the initiatives to mark this milestone was...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2023
If you want to hear ‘Ondine’ from Gaspard de la nuit sound like Rachmaninov rather than Ravel, consider Oleg Marshev’s...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2023
In the evolution of the piano étude, Moscheles’s set of 24 studies in all the major and minor keys provides...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2023
Anyone who agreed with my eager recommendations of recent Handel ‘Great Suites’ recordings by Pierre Hantaï (smoothly singing lines, rippling...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2023
The Bulgarian-born pianist Maria Martinova is the founder of Tanguarda, a brilliant ensemble devoted to contemporary tangos, whose vibrant collaborations...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2023
The two liturgical organ Masses that 21-year-old Couperin published in 1690 as his Pièces d’orgue can be performed or recorded...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2023
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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