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, on the surface, a decidedly odd coupling of works. The disc begins with a series of four pieces...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW2019
‘Woman: the making of …’. Intriguing title. And it takes its cue from Jake Heggie’s very first commission – written...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW2019
It can be forgotten that Handel’s rapid ascent in London happened during the final years of Queen Anne, the last...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2019
One of the highlights of Exaudi’s recent Finnissy disc (1/19) was a cycle based on Gesualdo’s later madrigals. The ensemble’s...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW2019
The Gonzaga Band explore remoter byways of early 17th-century north Italian music with this assortment of sacred pieces by Amadio...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2019
For two works so diametrically opposed in feeling, philosophy and belief, these marvellous pieces sit well together. They also appear...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW2019
Donnacha Dennehy may have moved to the US in 2014, where he joined the music faculty at Princeton University, but...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW2019
Water-wings and sea legs are required for Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s new disc, an enterprising Anglo-French programme of works inspired by the...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW2019
This latest disc from The King’s Consort on the independent Vivat label is absolutely on point: with two wonderfully matched...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: AW2019
This performance comes not from the chapel at Versailles but from the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome, presented...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW2019
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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