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...
Once riding on a wave of popularity, Malcolm Williamson (1931-2003, Australian born but resident in London for the major part...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2014
Of all symphonists active in this century, few have impressed me as strongly as the Estonian Erkki-Sven Tüür. I say...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2014
Yannick Nézet-Séguin here offers true ‘Schumann-lite’ in performances that pay close attention to detail but don’t stint on personality. What...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2014
Frank Beermann and his Chemnitz-based Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie have already given us their namesake’s symphonies in lithe and sweet-centred readings (12/10), and...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2014
Images of urbane Schubert disappear at the opening fortissimo chord of No 3. Thomas Dausgaard’s fairly swift-moving introduction is neither...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 05/2014
Miklós Rózsa’s name is so indelibly linked to historical widescreen epics such as Ben Hur (1959) that it’s a pleasure...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 05/2014
Volume 2 in Neeme Järvi’s Raff series for Chandos brings the Fifth (and best-known) of the prolific Swiss-German composer’s 11...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2014
Though billed as the fourth volume of Hyperion’s ‘The Romantic Cello Concerto’, most of the music on this disc was...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 05/2014
This disc is a revelation. I have long been an admirer of Pettersson’s music, particular the symphonies from the 1960s...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2014
From the very first bar of some discs you know you are in safe hands – artist, orchestra, conductor, sound...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2014
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
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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