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...
It is said that when Alessandro Grandi left Venice (where he was born and had been trained and worked all...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2019
He might not enjoy the highest profile but John Casken (70 earlier this year) has amassed a substantial and varied...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 10/2019
At heart, if not always in practice, a man of the people, Brahms engaged deeply with folk song throughout his...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2019
On their own – rather than singing in consort with other choruses as they do on several previous recordings –...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2019
We’re immediately back on the old concert Requiem dilemma of devotion or drama. Leading candidates on disc from the past...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 10/2019
‘Mixture of rascally thug and dandy’ is how one reminiscence describes Scott Ross, and when one hears stories of his...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2019
The blurb on the back cover claims that the present recording comes across ‘like a live recital’. Perhaps this has...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2019
Things didn’t begin too promisingly: I spent the first track pondering the genius of Liszt’s transcriptions. Which was unfortunate, given...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2019
Eighty-eight minutes? Well, 87'43" of intelligently programmed piano music by Skalkottas, including three world premieres, complementing BIS’s previous groundbreaking releases...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2019
Purely in terms of selections and running order, Joseph Tong’s all-Schumann disc represents an ideal, well-balanced programme that judiciously represents...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2019
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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