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...
The punning French title (both ‘hearts’ and ‘chorus’) introduces an abstract dance piece about the voice of The People in...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05/2013
Turn immediately to the Tannhäuser excerpt. Mighty tents are already pitched on this summit of early Wagnerian arioso – Melchior...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05/2013
This new set, the first of a planned Ring that is being assembled from live concert performances, boasts a promising...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05/2013
Premiered in Milan on December 26, 1772, Mozart’s second theatrical triumph is opera at its most imposingly seria. As one...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2013
Admirers of Lalo’s Le roi d’Ys must sometimes wonder what happened to Fiesque, his first and only other completed opera....
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 05/2013
Few familiar names are found among the singers and creative team that brought about this distinctive, modern-dress Jen≤fa at Malmö...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 05/2013
Composed for the Paris Opéra in 1774 and 1779 respectively, Gluck’s Iphigénie operas make a good pair. Practical considerations mean...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2013
‘Strange’ is a word that recurs in the notes provided by George Benjamin and Martin Crimp for this recording of...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 05/2013
The baritone and his delightfully Goethean-named producer Wilhelm Meister stick strictly to the historical definition of the disc’s title, ‘Romantic...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 03/2013
In autumn 1713 Vivaldi took over management of opera at Venice’s Teatro S Angelo and put on a production of...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2013
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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