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...
It is curious how rarely these three quartets, written in relatively close proximity (Nos 7 and 8 in 1960, No...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017
You’d be forgiven for not being au fait with Johann Peter Pixis, or if you were at all, it might...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2018
It’s fair to say that the world is not short of Mendelssohn cello-and-piano recital recordings. But although Poltéra and Brautigam...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2017
The Piano Quintet is one of Schnittke’s darkest, most haunting works. It takes existential angst to a pitch at which...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 01/2018
The Quatuor Zaïde, who caused a bit of a stir last year with their recording of Haydn’s Op 50 Quartets...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2018
Hard on the heels of their marvellous NMC release of John McCabe (12/17), the ever-impressive Sacconi Quartet have turned their...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2018
Instrumental soloists have long coveted sonatas and concertos for other instruments. Flautist Sharon Bezaly’s new disc contains three sonatas, two...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2018
In a sense, there are three artists on this disc from Marc Bouchkov and Georgiy Dubko. This isn’t just a...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2017
The Gould Piano Trio recorded Brahms’s piano trios between 2004 and 2007, beginning with the three published works, then adding...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2017
Recordings of the Musical Offering often make much of the order in which it is played. The authority of Bach’s...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2017
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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