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...
A strong case can be made for either of Rachmaninov’s two versions of the Second Piano Sonata. In the right...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: AW/2011
If you’re familiar with the first four volumes of Noriko Ogawa’s Debussy cycle, Vol 5 will not surprise you. In...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW/2011
This enticing seventh (and final) volume of Clementi’s works for solo piano is a notable achievement on several levels. The...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW/2011
Alice Sara Ott, the 23-year-old German-Japanese pianist, seems to be a musician in a hurry; since signing to DG in...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW/2011
It now seems many years since 11-year-old Sarah Briggs delighted her television audience not only with tales of her beloved...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW/2011
In this, the 10th volume of Ronald Brautigam’s complete solo Beethoven, he reaches the Bagatelles. In addition to the well-known...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW/2011
Bach’s Cello Suites are much favoured by viola da gambists, double-bassists, bassoonists, lutenists and guitar players as well as viola...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: AW/2011
This sumptuously illustrated sixth instalment of Margaret Phillips’s complete Bach continues with clean, poised playing, devoid of artifice. The watchword...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: AW/2011
“Improvisation over standards from the Renaissance” is this CD’s explanatory subtitle. The standards are certainly there, from Lassus’s Susanne un...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW/2011
With his third book of madrigals, the defining features of Gesualdo’s style appear in earnest, and Delitiæ Musicæ’s complete survey...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW/2011
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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