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...
At first, the programme for this recital might seem haphazard, with two excerpts from Iberia separated by Scriabin and Kapustin...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 06/2024
Here, on the face of it, is an enticing quartet of works that have in common Russian composers and/or Russian...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2024
In 1904 the firm of Simrock approached Max Reger with the offer of an exclusive contract. Reger was clearly flattered...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2024
Gottlieb Muffat was Georg Muffat’s son, lesser known today than his father but a formidable musician and composer in his...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2024
Here’s a pianist who once had all the hallmarks of a Chinese piano superstar: early success at a major competition...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 06/2024
There are some albums submitted for review where just the mention of the pianist’s name guarantees a rewarding and insightful...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2024
For his fourth Hyperion album, Andrey Gugnin moves from Scriabin, Godowskian associates and Shostakovich to Grieg, where his stylistic and...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2024
This recording originated in Kirill Gerstein’s pandemic study of Debussy’s Études, but it’s also grounded in his recognition that we...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 06/2024
When seemingly unusual details emerge from an interpretation of a thrice-familiar work, it’s often because the performer is taking certain...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2024
There is nothing extravagant, idiosyncratic or exceptional about this recording except its infallible good taste. Harpsichordist Masato Suzuki, who serves...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2024
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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