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...
With mandolin players such as Avi Avital and Chris Thile doing such wondrous things with Bach et al, you might...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 02/2014
Another C major Quintet – following on from the Pavel Haas Quartet (with cellist Danjulo Ishizaka), whose interpretation I have...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2014
Julius Röntgen (1855 1932) was hugely prolific, his output extending to around 500 works. It is fair to say that...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2014
Jørgen Jersild (1913-2004) was a pupil of Poul Schierbeck and thus a grand-pupil of Nielsen. He was introduced by his...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2014
Period instruments in Schubert and Hummel chamber recordings are still relatively thin on the ground. And this pairing of works...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2014
The first thing that strikes you about Denise Djokic is her sound. It’s plush and beautifully moulded. She’s at her...
Reviewed in issue 02/2014
We can only speculate what might have been if Britten had met a violinist to inspire him at his peak....
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 02/2014
Frank Braley has not always received unconditionally good reviews as an accompanist – his big sound and strong musical personality...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 02/2014
The Arpeggione Sonata, for a bowed guitar, is not ideally suited to either viola or cello. The viola lacks some...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 02/2014
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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