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...
It may seem that the only music for solo viola written in the middle of the 20th century was Hindemith’s,...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2013
With this release, Markus Becker joins the mere handful of pianists who have offered Hindemith’s piano sonatas together as a...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2013
Nick van Bloss is a perfectly decent pianist, whose own life story makes this achievement all the more striking: he...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2013
For many Chopin lovers, Arthur Rubinstein’s 1930s recordings of the Polonaises are the benchmark (far preferable to his sonically inferior...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2013
In Beethoven’s Op 7 Sonata, Maurizio Pollini pounces on the composer’s Allegro molto e con brio directive with joyful momentum....
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2013
The discography of the Diabelli Variations is already distinguished but here’s a remarkable addition to it. Two performances are offered,...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 12/2013
Enterprising, engaging and full of intriguing, lesser-known names, this disc of violin-and-cello duos by Hungarian composers conceptually grows out of...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2013
It’s hard not to be a bit sad for Wigmore Hall Live that they didn’t get this one but it’s...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 12/2013
This is expressly a CD for those who enjoy a pair of cellos, beautifully played and blended together in slow...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2013
This is expressly a CD for those who enjoy a pair of cellos, beautifully played and blended together in slow...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2013
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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