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...
Never mind that five of the nine works on this recording of solo instrumental music have lower-case titles. There is...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 11/2018
Given the title, it is surprising, to say the least, that not a single item on this disc was actually...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2018
Two distinct personae emerge from Mahan Esfahani’s engaging foray into the English virginal tradition (with some possibly Welsh composers, too)....
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 11/2018
Igor Levit likes to deal with big subjects, whether it’s late Beethoven or supreme Bach. Now he addresses something bigger...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2018
Taking roughly a reverse chronology, Katya Apekisheva intersperses three pairs of Scriabin Impromptus with the six of Fauré and four...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2018
Brahms’s Op 118 Piano Pieces (DiscAuvers, 2017) revealed Anna Fedorova to be a sensitive and conscientious interpreter, although a tad...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2018
I’ve been enjoying William Youn’s way with Mozart’s keyboard sonatas and this latest recital is on a similar level. He...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2018
It is said that soon after Domenico Scarlatti’s arrival in Lisbon in November 1719, the King’s younger brother recommended a...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2018
Patrick Rucker’s essential introduction to Reicha (in his review of ‘Reicha Rediscovered, Vol 1’ – 11/17) emphasised his roles not...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2018
On the surface there’s not a lot to distinguish between these two discs. Both feature film music by Philip Glass...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 11/2018
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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