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 first thing to note about this intriguing disc is the eye-catching cover: the two pianists pictured in front of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2020
The social and political issues informing the works and the programming concept of Conrad Tao’s latest release, ‘American Rage’, are...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2020
The four sonatas for solo cello are the most immediately captivating of the series of 12 for solo string instruments...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2020
Ronald Stevenson’s keyboard aesthetic mirrored his role models Ferruccio Busoni and Percy Grainger in several respects. One is that Stevenson...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2020
Valentin Silvestrov’s output of piano miniatures during 2003 17 has often been remarked on while being easily misunderstood. Begun seemingly...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2020
Freddy Kempf’s previous instalment of solo Prokofiev (with Sonatas Nos 1, 6 and 7 and some early works) in 2003...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 01/2020
One doesn’t necessarily have to know the plots or subtexts attached to these ‘Tales from Russia’ to appreciate their musical...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2020
Jean Muller continues his series of Mozart piano sonatas, launched almost a year ago (4/19), when it came up against...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2020
If you struggle to make some sort of sense of Doomin Kim’s new Warner Classics release of Mendelssohn’s solo piano...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2020
James Brawn continues his serious progress though the Beethoven sonatas, an MSR series which commenced in 2012, with Vol 6...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2020
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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