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 17 short pieces on pianist Feico Deutekom’s new disc are made of tiny cells that evolve through subtle repetition...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 06/2018
The vogue for piano duos that peaked in the mid-20th century resulted in a proliferation of concertos written for two...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2018
Organist Jeremy David Tarrant rightly claims Charles-Marie Widor’s Seventh Symphony to be ‘the apex of symphonic writing for organ’, a...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2018
Two new recordings of music by Paul Reale (b1943) on different labels confirm that the American composer deserves more attention....
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 06/2018
The intersection of past and present – past made present, as the disc’s title states – is nowhere more tellingly...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2018
All cellists, whether on modern or period instruments, operate at the same disadvantage when playing Bach’s six Solo Cello Suites....
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 06/2018
As its title suggests, Francisco Fullana’s debut recording ‘Through the Lens of Time’ sees the talented Spanish violinist bring together...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2018
If the indefatigable Valery Gergiev remains controversial for reasons as much political as musical, the Munich Philharmonic, which prospered artistically...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2018
‘WA Mozart may have written the greatest works for horn and orchestra but this should not lead us to define...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2018
Still in his mid-forties, Jörg Widmann has a sizeable discography as a composer, clarinettist and now conductor. This latest release...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2018
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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