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 Dudok Quartet here offer us a pair of quartets from 1951, by Grażyna Bacewicz and Dmitry Shostakovich, and have...
Reviewed by Amy Blier-Carruthers in issue: 01/2023
To grasp the recent evolution of the American violin sonata, one need look no further than this excellent recording of...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2023
Tine Thing Helseth’s new album marries a number of works by contemporary composers for trumpet and string orchestra with several...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 01/2023
As orchestras make their programming more inclusive, I’m grateful they haven’t forgotten George Walker (1922-2018), a modernist whose music carries...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2023
It’s easy to underestimate the depth and breadth of Andrew Davis’s repertoire and indeed his sterling qualities as a conductor...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2023
This is welcome indeed: the first commercial recording of non-operatic repertoire from the world’s oldest orchestra for nearly 20 years...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2023
Schumann is naturally a composer close to the heart of Daniel Barenboim’s repertoire, as pianist, chamber musician and conductor. To...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2023
Void may seem an unappetising title for a work of art, evoking the biblical phrase about the newly created earth...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 01/2023
Cláudio Santoro’s music always seems to grab the listener by the throat. He had such an instinct for gesture that,...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 01/2023
The first instalments of this ‘Next Generation Mozart Soloists’ project, sponsored by the Orpheum Foundation of Switzerland, showcased ‘six big...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2023
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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