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...
As far as composer Juan Pablo Jofre Romarion is aware, there is no double concerto for violin and bandoneon, aside...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW18
Nicole Chamberlain’s portfolio of prize-winning pieces for flute is a lovely bouquet to the flautist’s art. Considering the composer’s success...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: AW18
Two core works of the violin-piano repertoire share a programme with pieces by Mahler – one familiar, though not in...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW18
Thomas Bowes’s rough-hewn, deeply human new recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas is at every level a reflection on how...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: AW18
English-born Simon Andrews (b1958) was educated at Chichester Cathedral Chorister School, the Royal Academy of Music, Oxford University and the...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW18
Following live festival performances last year, the talented young Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe brings this bracingly original concert programme featuring...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW18
A native of the Belarusian capital Minsk, Ksenia Kouzmenko studied there and at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW18
What is the first name that comes to mind when you hear ‘nocturne’? No doubt Chopin. Next, perhaps, John Field,...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW18
For his 10th Signum recording, Joseph Nolan travelled to Holland in 2017 to record on the renowned 1738 Christian Müller...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: AW18
It is not uncommon to find Benjamin Britten and John Dowland in the same classical guitar recital. It is less...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW18
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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