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...
Commissioned by the actor-manager Thomas Betterton, Psyche opened at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London on February 27, 1675, in...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW22
As readers of these pages will recall, there has recently been quite a steady trickle of new Jenůfas including Damiano...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: AW22
Points to Patrick Allies and his vocal ensemble Siglo de Oro for one of the most enticing album titles of...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW22
Settings of Joachim Du Bellay’s poetry, interspersed with recitations by the ‘slam’ poet Kwal and accompanied by instrumental improvisations, make...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: AW22
Music often means more when shaped by personal experience, as this album of compositions for solo and duo combinations performed...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW22
Hugo Wolf’s songs in their original piano versions are marvels of concision and compositional precision, but, as CPO’s long and...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW22
Like many monarchs, King Pedro I of Brazil (1798-1834) received a fine musical education, in his case from Marcos Portugal...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW22
This will be a revelation to many. Vicente Lusitano’s name is familiar to specialists of the Renaissance as a key...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW22
Hard on the heels of two orchestral pieces performed by the Estonian Festival Orchestra (Alpha, 9/22) – the first review...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW22
Harry Christophers continues his exploration of Haydn’s late music with a pairing of the penultimate symphony and antepenultimate Mass. The...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW22
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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