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 subject of Schlagt sie tot! (2018) is Martin Luther, viewed through the personal and political aftermath of his nailing...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2022
The sailor who fell from grace with the sea made pretty shocking reading for this listener as a teenager, prompted...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2022
Handel loved to pit the voice against one or more solo instruments, whether in a spirit of competitive sparring or...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2022
Fabrice Bollon and his Freiburg forces have done much of late to re-examine the lesser-known operatic repertory, with a distinguished...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2022
I first watched Christof Loy’s new production of Rusalka when it was streamed live from the Teatro Real in November...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2022
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has provided inspiration for many composers with varying degrees of success over the years, yet Lewis...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2022
This all-Venetian ‘chamber vespers’ places three Monteverdi pieces within psalms, motets, sonatas and a canticle by the composer’s collegial circle...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2022
'Unreleased’, proclaims the minimalist cover of this Bartoli album from November 2013. Why the wait? In the booklet Bartoli explains...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2022
What perfect timing. Just weeks after the announcement that, from 2022, girls and women will be included alongside boys and...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2022
Anonymous Renaissance Mass cycles rarely make it into the catalogue, not even those that have helped form our understanding of...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2022
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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