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...
Pairing Ravel and Scriabin is an intriguing idea – two composers with their own unique harmonic language (the Scriabin works...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2014
This disc, devoted to Rachmaninov, remembers Colin Horsley, a pianist of the utmost distinction. A New Zealander by birth, he...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 04/2014
Just one concerto, plus the wonderful Paganini Variations for two pianos and the hour’s worth of solo pieces gathered on...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 04/2014
Petr Eben’s cycle Job is without question one of the outstanding organ masterpieces of the 20th century. While the recording...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 04/2014
Nino Gvetadze’s name is new to me. I missed her previous three solo CDs of Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov and Liszt but...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2014
Volume 5 of five two-CD sets completes Christian Leotta’s cycle of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas. He will shortly have played...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 04/2014
Kei Koito’s Bach discs are characterised by several distinctive features. On the plus side are intriguing programming, which usually includes...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 04/2014
Very popular was the ‘London Bach’, his combination of stile galant and Italian forms zestfully received. Four years after arriving...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 04/2014
Bernd Loebe’s Frankfurt company and their music director Sebastian Weigle have enriched the Wagner discography this past year with new...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 04/2014
Attempting to interest the Paris Opéra in a Fliegende Holländer composed by him, Wagner (in 1839) was told bluntly that...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 04/2014
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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