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...
My days of Beethoven Triple Concerto scepticism are now behind me, thanks to this breathtaking new recording by the powerhouse...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 04/2021
This is the second volume of Bach harpsichord concertos from Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d’Oro, completing the set of...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2021
With Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass now well into their eighties, John Adams, at 74, remains perhaps the...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 04/2021
Back in December 2010 Jeremy Nicholas waxed lyrical about a recording of Schubert duets, which brought together Paul Lewis and...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2021
Charles Camilleri (1931-2009) aside, Maltese classical composers are not widely known. This new album from Navona gathers pieces by six...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2021
Judged on artistic terms alone, Stephen Powell’s interpretations make for a deeply satisfying solo debut recital album. His achievement is...
Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 03/2021
For a composer whose music has been as widely recorded as David Maslanka’s (1943-2017), it may be a surprise that...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2021
Violinist Andrew Wan and pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin began their Analekta recording of the complete Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2021
My only live experience of Juilliard-trained Korean soprano Hera Hyesang Park was at the final of the 2014 Operalia competition...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2021
In an age that set a premium on sheer vocal brilliance, female contraltos were routinely overshadowed by preening castratos and...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2021
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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