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...
This is a stonkingly good album. It makes me wonder: what exactly are these enviously intelligent, inventive and generous musicians...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: AW21
Spyridon Samaras (1861-1917) is a hugely important figure in the history of Greek music. He was born in Corfu, and...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW21
Never one to miss a sideswipe at French opera, Jean‑Jacques Rousseau pronounced the haute-contre voice ‘always sour and rarely in...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW21
Move over, Bartók! Offenbach’s Barbe-bleue retells the Bluebeard legend over three farcical acts. True, there are only six wives involved...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW21
‘The Pretended Gardener’ was premiered in Munich on January 13, 1775, a fortnight before Mozart’s 19th birthday. After three performances,...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW21
As Simon Stone’s production of Die tote Stadt opens, Brigitta and Frank are peering through the windows of Paul’s house...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW21
Like so many of Haydn’s operas, the relatively brief ‘azione teatrale’ L’isola disabitata is a not an easy work to...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW21
The ‘componimento per camera’ Dafne in lauro celebrated Charles VI’s birthday in October 1714 at the imperial family’s pleasure palace...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW21
This follow-up to 2017’s ‘Threads of Gold’ reinforces much of what was good about the earlier release, as The Choir...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW21
The basis of this album lies in the Geneva Psalter, published in 1562 with metrical translations by Clément Marot and...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: AW21
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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