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...
If, like me, you feel that Rachmaninov’s First Sonata doesn’t quite stack up, Nikolai Lugansky’s account may just cause you...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2012
Two new recordings of Pictures at an Exhibition offer differing perspectives of Mussorgsky’s frequently traipsed gallery. Generally Bilin´ska favours fast...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2012
Hindemith is the viola composer par excellence for the 20th century but others took up the mantle, not least in...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2012
La Compagnia del Madrigale is a new ensemble initiated by Rossana Bertini (soprano), Giuseppe Maletto (tenor) and Daniele Carnovich (bass),...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2013
This is the 12th volume in Hänssler Classic’s estimable series devoted to Charles Koechlin, the sixth involving Holliger as conductor....
Reviewed in issue 10/2012
A cursory glance at the timings might suggest that Ji∑í Bělohlávek’s wonderfully unforced view of Suk’s towering Asrael has changed...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2012
The double significance of this rather special Má vlast is that it marks both the 200th anniversary of the Prague...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2012
François Servais (1807-66) was an outstanding cellist and, like every virtuoso of his time, composed a large part of his...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2012
If you like your early Schubert lean of tone and impetuous of spirit, you should enjoy the Potsdam Kammerakademie in...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2012
Hearing this pair of compositions one after the other underlines just how far Schoenberg travelled in matters of style and...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2012
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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