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 the first comprehensive set of the music for string quartet by a composer whose notated yet completely silent...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2017
Leonard Elschenbroich continues his exploration of less ubiquitous Soviet fare with this fine album dedicated to a creative voice he...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2017
‘Believe me, my Quintet Op 64 will make the rounds!’ declared Max Reger. Oh dear. As Parnassus Akademie’s pianist Kolja...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2017
No sooner had I commented on the unusual Prokofiev/Rachmaninov coupling in my Moser/Korobeinikov review (in the February issue) than this...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2017
Interestingly, the first time Paganini’s 24 Caprices were recorded in any form was in 1940 with Ferdinand David’s piano accompaniments...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2017
Mozart is widely held to have detested the flute, despite the fact that he wrote a whole opera about one...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2017
Maxwell Davies’s output for strings is remembered chiefly for his 10 ‘Naxos’ String Quartets. However, the cycle represents only the...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2017
A misty incantation, a swirl of sound with a whole-tone flavour: if it comes as a surprise to discover Joseph...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2017
‘His own compositions are more remarkable for sound workmanship and a cultured taste than for charm or warmth of inspiration’,...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2017
I’ll just say it: I don’t think any composer since the 18th century did fast, humorous finales more entertainingly than...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2017
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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