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...
Is it me or are Beethoven pianists getting younger? This month I’ve had the pleasure of encountering not only Igor...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2013
Luxury casting and the apt, imaginative coupling of the greatest concertos by their respective composers are the ingredients for a...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2013
Most gratifying about these red-blooded performances (on a very red harpsichord) are the forthright qualities of Aapo Häkkinen’s resonant and...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/2013
The Chinese violinist Bin Huang does not have a compendious discography and is perhaps familiar internationally only for a programme...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2013
There are now plenty of recorded pairings of Janá∂ek’s two string quartets, in various versions. One, on Vol 4 of...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/2013
Britten’s music oddly became more alive in the 1970s, after a long period of increasing solemnity following the failure of...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 11/2013
This album could be seen as a companion to Rachel Podger’s memorable account of Bach’s solo violin music (7/99, 12/99),...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 11/2013
At an age when most instrumentalists have opted for a quieter life, Menahem Pressler – 90 in December – is...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2013
APR’s lavishly presented two-disc set of Gieseking’s early recordings is a treasure trove of rarities and discoveries. And whether such...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue:
Seven years have passed since Inon Barnatan’s impressive performance of Schubert’s last sonata (Bridge, A/06), one in which Bryce Morrison...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2013
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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