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 music of the past is of near endless fascination to Jeremy Gill (b1975) and, while in no sense a...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2018
As with his symphonies and concertos, Richard Danielpour (b1956) likes to give his quartets (there are seven, spread fairly evenly...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2018
Bach’s Violin Sonatas and Partitas are among the most frequently performed works for the instrument, or any instrument. Recordings evince...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 04/2018
If most of Gershwin may be said to have entered the musical DNA of the United States almost as soon...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2018
The first thing we should do in approaching this musically remarkable and, in terms of its exploration of the composer’s...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 03/2018
The title of this elegant new disc tells much about the nature of the repertoire. The subtitle is less specific:...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2018
For its third recording, the University of Washington Chorale, an advanced undergraduate ensemble containing students from all majors across the...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 03/2018
The third instalment from the Houston-based Apollo Chamber Players’ project of commissioning and recording 20 new ‘folk music-inspired and multicultural...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 03/2018
In contrast to the rather rough-and-tumble Beethoven Ninth Symphony recorded by David Bernard and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony that...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2018
The Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) is celebrated for his opera King Roger, four symphonies, two violin concertos and choral...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2018
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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