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...
Like all the best ideas, this one is simple. To draw attention to the world’s mistreated children, Robert Irvine asked...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2016
During the course of 28 years beginning in 1955, the great Soviet pianist Emil Gilels toured North America 12 times....
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2016
The French pianist Lucas Debargue was snapped up by Sony after the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition. Not because he won it,...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2016
Telemann’s solo violin music is never likely to challenge Bach’s for popularity – not these days, anyway. Back in his...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2016
It’s interesting how certain pianists known for advocating thorny large-scale 20th-century works also champion the exquisitely wrought tonality of Mompou’s...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2016
What an enterprising programme from the Israeli pianist Einav Yarden. She eschews the obvious, choosing six of Haydn’s middle-period sonatas...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2016
If you have never sampled any Godowsky – or even if you are a Godowskyphobe (I’ve encountered a few over...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2016
Back when the stampede was on and all the original-instrument orchestras were eager to record fortepiano concertos prior to the...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2016
What a pleasure to report the near-simultaneous release of two magnificent new Hammerklaviers by a pair of internationally recognised artists,...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2016
Geneva-born Fabrizio Chiovetta presents three contrasted suites in this Bach recital. He’s particularly compelling in the least frequently performed of...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2016
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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