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 album of Rachmaninov’s two-piano music offers a winning mix of limitless pianism, deep knowledge and visionary boldness. Add to...
Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 05/2024
A quick glance at the repertoire above and it seems to be a nice programme of well-known piano pieces by...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2024
Keeping track of the Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina’s ‘The Real Chopin’ period-instrument releases can be daunting, given the sheer volume...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2024
Fans of German guitarist Franz Halász’s take on Bach’s so-called Lute Suites (9/19) and his earlier recording of the three...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 05/2024
Only weeks after, in reviewing Christophe Rousset’s recent Art of Fugue (Aparté, 1/24), I was saying how recordings of it...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 05/2024
Two difficult rarities anchor this release. Most challenging is the first recording of Peter Eötvös’s 2020 Trio, written as a...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 05/2024
We learn from Andrew Stewart’s first-rate booklet that Daniel Hope wanted to make a dance album 20 years ago. Concept...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2024
Well, what a treat this is. I can’t be the only one who finds themselves, whenever a fresh concerto recording...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2024
The vitality of sound captured here by Linn is possibly the most attractive aspect of this album. It perfectly suits...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2024
The Shostakovich quartets have moved from the periphery to the centre of the repertoire without too much in the way...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2024
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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