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 booklet notes open with declamatory words by Maddalena Casulana, the 16th-century composer, lutenist and singer: ‘I wish … to...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 06/2024
‘Porpora, rival of Handel, mentor of Haydn, is worth exploring’ is how I ended my review of the DVD of...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 06/2024
Not to suggest that Schütz needs saving from obscurity, nor to imply that he’s a ‘minor master’ (don’t you just...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 06/2024
Cappella Pratensis here show an almost Trumpian need to push the boundaries and see how far they can get away...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 06/2024
Rarities galore on what is an uncommonly enterprising compendium, and at least one surprise: the first of the five movements...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2024
These pieces are Telemann’s last known compositions. They show him to have been extraordinarily inventive into his 80s, knowledgeable about...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 06/2024
‘Wherever Bach went, Telemann was there before him.’ If not completely true, Reinhard Goebel’s remark is on the right track....
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2024
Though there is nothing wrong with presenting complete sets of Schütz’s monumental publications or large single works, it can be...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2024
John Rutter’s Visions dates from 2016 and received almost immediately an authoritative recording by the original performers – the Temple...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 06/2024
No genre (other than opera) is without its substantial contribution from Reger, and his music for choir is correspondingly extensive....
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2024
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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