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...
Julien Brocal’s recordings of Chopin’s Op 28 Preludes and Op 35 Sonata reveal a sensitive and talented pianist before us,...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017
While Liszt’s solo piano arrangements of Beethoven’s symphonies frequently and impressively conjure up orchestral grandeur, the piano-writing is idiomatic and...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue:
This project has clearly been a labour of love for Robert Costin, and one admires his consistently excellent playing. Any...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 04/2017
This album reflects a tour undertaken by Thomas Hampson and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, for which several new string-orchestra arrangements of...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2017
A day in the life of Orpheus – lutenist, lover and plaything of the gods – is the elegant conceit...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2017
The brainchild of lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, ‘The Masque of Moments’ draws together songs, dances and ensembles from Campion, Johnson, Lawes...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2017
Along with the Hilliard Ensemble and Gothic Voices, The Orlando and The Binchois Consorts have devoted a substantial proportion of...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2017
The newest volume of Stone Records’ complete Wolf series mixes young and old, early and late. Into the second category...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2017
The Flemish-born composer Giaches de Wert (1535 96), famous for being Monteverdi’s predecessor at Mantua, is perhaps best remembered today...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 04/2017
Sullivan’s songs, like so much of his music away from his collaboration with Gilbert, have largely vanished into obscurity, so...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 04/2017
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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