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 the passing of time, Napoléon-Henri Reber (1807-80) has disappeared into the footnotes of music history, but his parents obviously...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013
There has been no shortage of illustrious violinists tackling Prokofiev’s two violin sonatas on disc in recent years. Each piece...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 10/2013
Kenneth Leighton’s music for choir and organ is still a fixture of the Anglican cathedral repertoire but his instrumental works...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 10/2013
Smetana’s engaging three-movement Piano Trio opens with a lyrical cello solo, finely played here, but almost immediately becomes passionately stormy...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/2013
The blind organist Antonio de Cabezón (c1510-1566) served at the Spanish court from 1526 and was one of the musicians...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2013
Given its historical importance and the fact that it only takes around an hour to perform complete, it is surprising...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2013
Frank Bridge frequently gets introduced as Britten’s teacher. This has gone on for too long: Bridge was an important British...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/2013
Their style is free of turgidity, their technique unblemished. Thomas Sauer and Colin Carr are a secure duo, and Beethoven’s...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2013
‘Bartók and Ravel show us how traditional craftsmanship can be combined with the sounds of other cultures,’ the two soloists...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013
With his recordings of the ‘48’ (10/88 and 9/91), Goldberg Variations (3/90) and French Suites (4/94), Keith Jarrett long ago...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp 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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