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...
Doubtless you’ve heard, or at the very least heard of, Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances. But his Scottish Dances? They turn out...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2021
The Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi, now 26, released her debut recording over a decade ago. She was a finalist in...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2021
In answer to the reasonable question, ‘Who, at this late date, could have something fresh and original to say in...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2021
Adam Laloum takes seriously the maestoso directive in the first movement of Brahms’s F minor Sonata, bringing a granitic yet...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2021
Throughout this Brahms recital, Alexandre Kantorow throws down an epic gauntlet, casting his sights on dynamic and dramatic extremes. The...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2021
Two interesting aspects of Fabio Biondi’s deeply personal set of the Bach solo violin works beg close attention: their considerable...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2021
What is it about the Goldberg Variations that encourages such extremes, such individual interpretations? You could argue it’s the plainness...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2021
Rare has become the ensemble that releases its first album a decade after formation. But much is gained by Klingzeug’s...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2021
The Romain Leleu Sextet is a class act. Let’s start with the elegant virtuosity of the French trumpeter himself, for...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2021
The Scottish composer Oliver Iredale Searle (b1977) has a clearly defined line in evocative, often exotic titles, which give his...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2021
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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