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...
Why ‘Cuatro’? Because the four guitarists of the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet are performing, on their fourth recording for Chandos, four...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 01/2014
There seems to be a minor fashion at the moment for using an American thread to pull together groups of...
Reviewed in issue 01/2014
In this two-disc set, the Zehetmair Quartet cover nearly 200 years of string quartet writing: the first pin is firmly...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2014
The Stenhammars continue their self-evidently well-played-in cycle of their namesake’s seven works in the medium. Turn immediately to No 6...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2014
The Rebels, and for that matter the Francoeurs, have yet to receive the attention they deserve. They held some of...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 01/2014
The Finnish soprano Marjukka Tepponen has a rich vocal quality, a sensitivity and a passionate soul that suit her well...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2013
One of the beauties of Wigmore Hall Live is how accomplished, young-ish singers are given a platform for song recitals...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2013
Up until now, choosing a recording of Victoria’s Tenebrae Responsories was an easy task. If you wanted glossy thickness of...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
It’s a mark of musical fashion that this disc from Paul Spicer and the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir is the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
It’s a mark of musical fashion that this disc from Paul Spicer and the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir is the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
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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