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 corpus of 19th-century Russian music for violin and piano being less than might be supposed, Hideko Udagawa has created...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2018
When reviewing the first volume of Ilya Gringolts’s Stravinsky series (A/17), I cited Anthony Marwood (Hyperion, 3/10) as the main...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2018
Quatuor Joachim describe themselves as ‘half French, half Polish’. Warmly reviewed in French repertoire, they’ve conceived this mixed programme of...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2018
I’d heard Michail Lifits on the superb recital disc he made with the highly individual Vilde Frang (EMI, 9/11), but...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2018
This is the third Piazzolla album by the Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble. As with the previous entries, the players are...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2018
The Tippett Quartet first came to my attention playing the music of their namesake on Naxos, and they’ve since been...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2018
This is a beautifully constructed and rather beautifully played recital of Czech music for cello and piano. At its heart...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2018
It’s funny what knots scholarliness can get us tangled into when it comes to authenticity. I say this in the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 08/2018
The Mori Trio – a family affair with sisters Asa (piano) and Aiki (cello) joined by violinist Werner von Schnitzler,...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2018
Seemingly overlooked on its initial release on the Quartz label, this engaging recital was recorded in the Champs Hill Music...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2018
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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