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 attractive mixed programme of Telemann’s works featuring flute or recorder has been designed by Ashley Solomon to celebrate Florilegium’s...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2016
As Osmo Vänskä powers into the home straight of his Minnesota Sibelius cycle, the first thing that strikes one about...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 09/2016
Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt first recorded the three Brahms violin sonatas for EMI at the 2002 ‘Spannungen’ chamber music...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2016
A couple of years after completing his leisurely mix-and-match Schubert series for Harmonia Mundi, Matthias Goerne has made it on...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2016
This is the first album devoted exclusively to John Blow’s church music since the Parley of Instruments and the Choir...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2016
Kirill Gerstein’s last appearance in these pages was for his premiere recording of Tchaikovsky’s B flat minor Concerto using what...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2016
The indefatigable Jordi Savall continues to unite musicians from East and West as he traverses five centuries of musical traditions...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 09/2016
Cast your eye down the list of artists on Wigmore Live’s latest release and it tells you pretty much all...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2016
The Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (reigned 1356-78) was one of the most cultured rulers of his time, his mark...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2016
It seems obvious to point out Bach was a profoundly gifted contrapuntist, but this programme by St Salvator’s Chapel Choir...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2016
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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