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...
This fascinating new two-disc set of Debussy, superbly recorded by Ondine, presents the bona fides of the Finnish pianist Paavali...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 02/2018
Don’t believe this recital’s ‘Bach to the Future’ title, for Sabine Weyer’s full-throated and colourful pianism is decidedly ‘old school’....
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2018
Simone Leitão’s pianistically orientated Bach interpretations may not be the last word in stylish rectitude, yet they’re inherently musical. Note...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2018
How to get close to the authentic Bach has been both Midori and Begelman’s starting point for tackling this much...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2018
Rarely in the history of the gramophone can so eclectic a mix of works have been recorded to such thrilling...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2018
A Polish concerto performed by a Polish soloist and a Polish orchestra … though not quite on the same disc....
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2018
Given that any new recording of Vivaldi’s six recorder concertos inevitably prompts the question ‘Why?’, this new offering from the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2018
‘The violin is no longer played: it is tugged about, torn, beaten black and blue.’ Eduard Hanslick’s verdict on the...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2018
It’s only 10 and a half minutes long, but Stravinsky’s Funeral Song shares top billing on this new Decca disc...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2018
The long-term nature of the relationship between Rattle and the LSO had not been formalised when this concert was broadcast...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2018
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
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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