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 is a major release. Last year I heard The Heath Quartet play Bartók’s Third Quartet in concert, and was...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 09/2017
There’s a fine tradition of JS Bach-inspired jazz piano, from Hazel Scott and John Lewis to Jacques Loussier and Dave...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2017
We’ll never know for sure why Bach’s Musical Offering, a collection of short pieces all composed to a theme improvised...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2017
Self-described as a classical guitarist who ‘mostly prefers to play Latin American tunes’, multiple Latin Grammy nominee Berta Rojas puts...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2017
There can never be a doubt that Amy Pfrimmer feels what she is singing. The American soprano brings a deep...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2017
Cellist Mariel Roberts plays four pieces written for her, beginning with an assault on Schubert and ending with a tribute...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2017
What an act of largesse Eugène Ysaÿe bestowed upon music when he composed his Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2017
Stephen Hartke (b1952) is well known on both sides of the Atlantic, not least due to his wide discography and...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2017
Viola player Brett Deubner has had over 30 concertos written for him, several – as with the pair recorded here...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2017
These are consistently deliberate interpretations of Brahms’s two cello sonatas, not only in terms of tempo but in their overall...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2017
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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