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...
Fascinating to hear music by the German composer Carl Reinecke alongside that of the Dane Niels Gade (see page 45),...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2017
Tchaikovsky started things off by writing his A minor Piano Trio as a musical memorial to Nikolay Rubinstein. Rachmaninov then...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2017
At first glance, this 44 minute disc bookending György Ligeti’s 1970 Chamber Concerto – a major work – with two...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 01/2017
Following the success of his soundtrack to James Marsh’s 2014 biopic on the life of Stephen Hawking, The Theory of...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2017
Champs Hill has long been a master talent-spotter and although Alice Neary and Benjamin Frith are both insightful and elegant...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2017
This release is essentially a showcase for the Goldmund Quartet, and it’s hard not to warm to a young ensemble...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2017
The Hans Gál revival gathers momentum, and close on the heels of Avie’s recent symphony and concerto releases comes another...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2017
Each piece on this second volume in Ensemble MidtVest’s survey of chamber music by Niels Gade is troubled by issues...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2017
We encounter the name of Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) in scholarly books more often than we hear his music. A...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2017
My usual impression of Brahms’s Op 67 Quartet, that it opens mid-flow, is heightened by the Kuss Quartet and their...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2017
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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