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 fine disc, so let’s get the negative, non-musical criticisms out of the way. From time to time...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2021
Of the operas by Gluck that one is likely to encounter in the theatre, Alceste is surely almost the greatest,...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2021
Stephen Dodgson’s reputation may lie primarily with his chamber and instrumental music but his diverse output included three chamber operas....
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2021
Cardinal Mazarin planned lavish festivities for Louis XIV’s marriage to his double first cousin Maria Theresa of Spain, so the...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2021
Maybe the work’s title has proved off-putting to the West’s determinedly worldly demeanour but Alfano’s opera (premiered in 1904 with...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05/2021
Conductor Kenneth Woods is perhaps best known, on disc at least, for his championing of under-represented corners of the repertoire:...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2021
It’s difficult to believe that the first work you hear on this album has never been recorded before. For sure...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 05/2021
Today Sonya Yoncheva’s performance diary is a cluster of Violettas, Normas and Desdemonas. A role debut as Aida is scheduled...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2021
This latest release from The Binchois Consort represents early ‘musicking’ at its finest. The programme is built around music from...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 05/2021
Here’s yet another valuable instalment in Somm’s exploration of Charles Villiers Stanford. The Three Songs of Robert Bridges (1891) are...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2021
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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