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...
Few conductors record Brahms’s symphonies so early in their discographic careers. But with a conceptual title such as ‘Beloved Brahms’,...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW13
Expertly stylish recordings of the six concertos Bach presented in neat copy to the Margrave of Brandenburg in March 1721...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW13
Here are two largely forgotten British violin-and-piano sonatas on one CD. It is an amazing rescue operation, since Berkeley regularly...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: AW13
I first came across the Bach of Chris Thile – mandolin virtuoso and founding member of progressive bluegrass outfit Punch...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW13
Poul Schierbeck was one of Carl Nielsen’s most gifted students and in turn lived to teach several well-known representatives of...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2013
Glyndebourne has been mean to absent with its releases of genuine historical material – the Fritz Busch live Figaro and...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 10/2013
Operas that have been lost, suppressed or forgotten before their fair hearing have a special mystique, and Mercadante’s I due...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 10/2013
The magus of the title is Zarâstra, aka Zoroaster; but there’s little resemblance to the character portrayed by Handel and...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 10/2013
How many Alagnas does it take to make the Victor Hugo-inspired opera Le dernier jour d’un condamné? Three: Roberto to...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 10/2013
The highlight of this enjoyable, beautifully filmed concert is the Largo from Dvo∑ák’s New World Symphony, one of the gentlest...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2013
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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