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...
Even more than some years’ instalments, Lugano 2014 is a celebration not just of the inimitable Argentinian but also of...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2015
In bringing together four highly contrasting British composers of the later 20th century, this vibrant recording, with splendid playing by...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 08/2015
Rebecca Clarke, Lili Boulanger and Amy Beach were pioneers at a time when musical careers for women were limited away...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2015
There is so much music from the 19th century that remains forgotten or under-performed. Whenever a relatively unfamiliar name heaves...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2015
Born in Clermont-Ferrand of Anglo-French parentage (his father was a maverick MP who fled England to avoid prosecution, his mother...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2015
Since their Zemlinsky recordings (Naxos, 10/13, 9/14), the Escher Quartet has acquired a new second violinist: Aaron Boyd. With Mendelssohn,...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2015
Economic theory doesn’t inspire great music. However, the title-work of this wonderful collection of chamber music by the Scottish composer...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2015
A perennial ‘dark horse’ among contemporary composers, Aberdeen-born John McLeod goes into his ninth decade with his profile arguably at...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2015
This is the second disc of Liszt’s violin-and-piano works to come my way within a few months. In the May...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2015
Just over two decades ago, Niels W Gade’s 1864 Sextet was hailed in these pages as his ‘finest extended chamber...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 08/2015
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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