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 Maastricht-based Philharmonie Zuidnederland has been building a notable discography during recent years, with its latest release on Fuga Libera...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2023
The first thing worth mentioning about this remarkable recording is the sound, an Andrew Keener production with engineer Dave Rowell...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2023
There was a time between 1906 and 1949, during the 43-year stewardship of chief conductor Volkmar Andreae, when Zurich’s Tonhalle...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2023
'An 1876 version of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony?’ I hear diehard Brucknerians asking. ‘Have I have been missing something all these...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2023
Marcus Bosch and his Heidenheim-based period band are coming to the end of their journey through Beethoven’s music for the...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2023
Antonello Manacorda describes the Kammerakademie Potsdam’s approach to Beethoven as a ‘merger’ between the worlds of modern instruments and period...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2023
The grass is always greener: I’ve lost count of how many Bach transcriptions I’ve listened to over the past 12...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 02/2023
There are some albums that I can’t seem to stop playing because I enjoy them so much. Then there are...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 02/2023
Francine Kay commences this smartly programmed recital of Czech music with a reading of Janáček’s two-movement Sonata that is both...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2023
Though Schnabel’s career and reputation as a pianist and pedagogue overshadow his compositions, creating music remained a lifelong pursuit. ‘Officially...
Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 02/2023
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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