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...
Stefano Scodanibbio (1956-2012) was fascinated, not to say obsessed, by string harmonics. As a double bassist he had practical experience...
Reviewed by Geoffrey–Norris in issue: 08/2013
Schumann’s violin-and-piano sonatas are all late works but there’s no question of flagging inspiration – the music is full of...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 08/2013
No pussyfooting here: for their CD debut, the young Zurich-based Oliver Schnyder Trio plunge boldly in with what must be...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2013
To maximise sales, Mozart published these concertos both with orchestra and a quattro – ie, with string quartet. In the...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2013
Founded in 1953 with the distinguished cellist William Pleeth behind the project, the Allegri Quartet is celebrating its 60th anniversary...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 08/2013
Faustina Bordoni was one half of Handel’s so-called ‘Rival Queens’ for just under three seasons (172628), and in 1730 she...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2013
This disc, recorded piecemeal in Warsaw over four months in 2011/12, is not an example of how to enliven and...
Reviewed in issue 07/2013
This recent Polish/Spanish co-production has us view the opera (like Pushkin’s novel) through the eyes of Onegin in old age....
Reviewed in issue 07/2013
Damiano Michieletto’s Pesaro Festival production of Rossini’s richly imagined domestic melodramma was generally despaired of when it was first seen...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2013
Poulenc and his estate never let others do it (officially) until now but the composer himself could never resist accompanying...
Reviewed in issue 07/2013
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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