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 annual album of piano rarities from the previous year’s eponymous festival in Husum is always cause for celebration. Dedicated...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2022
In my youth, senior organists who had grown up in the pre-war era would often enquire apropos a player in...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2022
The majestic textural landscape, rich harmonic palette, wide dynamic contrasts and cosmic breadth characterising Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen best lend...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2022
Listening to percussionist Joby Burgess is like a musical shot in the arm. His recordings are so full of vibrant...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 12/2022
Kodály’s Solo Cello Sonata has led a charmed life on disc, from János Starker’s inspirational recordings of the 1950s (Nixa,...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2022
Vincent Larderet enters the Scriabin 150th-birthday sweepstakes with a judicious overview of works spanning the composer’s creative lifespan. Expansive and...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2022
For the last instalment of his Schubert survey, recorded over 20 years, Paul Lewis has chosen three earlyish sonatas. The...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 12/2022
Sony likes to make a splash with its new signees – remember Igor Levit’s last five Beethoven sonatas (11/13) or...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2022
Where will Clare Hammond pop up next? If she is not championing new works and recording their world premieres, she...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2022
A good programme, this, with all three of Liszt’s major organ works and the addition of Totentanz in an arrangement...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2022
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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