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...
The viola player Maxim Rysanov is the star attraction in this collection of music from Martinů’s last years, during which...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 06/2015
There are numerous ways to tackle Mahler’s piece of premature neo-classicism in an age which has seen more recordings of...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2015
Giya Kancheli may not be the first name that springs to mind when charting the development of the symphony during...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2015
Herbert Howells made initial sketches for a cello concerto in 1933 but it was the tragic death in 1935 of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2015
Best known for his work with ensembles (not least in Bang on a Can), Michael Gordon is no slouch when...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2015
Born in Brooklyn in 1947, Jack Gallagher studied composition, counterpoint and orchestration with Elie Siegmeister (1909 91). In his booklet-note...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2015
Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s recording of Peter Eötvös’s seven (2006) made a strong impression (Recording of the Year in the 2013 Awards)...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 06/2015
The Austrian violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger, together with his Czech colleagues, achieves here some inspiring results. Benefiting from crisp, beautifully...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 06/2015
The first bars of this set are so startling that you momentarily suspect that there must have been a mistake....
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2015
Mainly set down in one session, Oliver Davis’s ‘Flight’ is a loose concept built around the violin-playing of Kerenza Peacock....
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2015
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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