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...
After 22 years, Deutsche Grammophon returns to one of its most prodigious prodigal sons from the label’s pre-millennial era. As...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 03/2022
Elisabeth Leonskaja had a productive lockdown. For her first release since returning to Warner Classics she has recorded the complete...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2022
There are many ways to make a debut disc stand out, as stand out it must. A prize-winner of a...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 03/2022
Having spent 13 years as Organist and Assistant Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Simon Johnson took...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2022
You might have heard of the Chinese pianist Tianxu An before, not because of his piano-playing but because of his...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2022
Ivo Pogorelich turns to Chopin for his second Sony solo recital, symbolising a return to the scene of his youthful...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2022
With this new collection of works by William Byrd, harpsichordist Friederike Chylek returns to a composer who has been a...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 03/2022
Sergey Tanin was born in 1995. He is a graduate of the Bosikov High School of Music (in the far-east...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2022
‘War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography’ – a quote attributed to the satirist Ambrose Bierce. Which is why...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2022
Booklet notes by Tully Potter include what at first seems to be a detailed survey of the recorded history of...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2022
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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