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...
You never know what to expect from Valery Afanassiev. One year it’s the most lifeless Beethoven concerto cycle on disc,...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2013
For many, Rachmaninov was the greatest of all pianists, and here in Ward Marston’s magnificent transfers he is at last...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2013
The fourth instalment in Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart solo keyboard music cycle proves remarkably consistent in relation to the previous three...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2013
Concertino en style classique has four short movements (17'56" overall) of chic Baroque pastiche, the first movement at times edging...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2013
Eric Craven’s Set for Piano – not merely performed but ‘realised and performed’, the cover art declares, by Cork-born pianist...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 01/2013
Pollini first made his mark in Chopin, his gleaming sonority and imperious command a source of wonder to Rubinstein at...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2013
Here is a Chopin recital to make you think again. Anne-Marie McDermott, whose records, notably of Bach and Prokofiev, have...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2013
Katia Bronska is a new name to me, though presumably she has been around for some time as in 1987...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2013
Eloquence presents the first CD publication of a 1971 two-LP set originally issued in DG’s Archiv series, featuring Jörg Demus...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2013
While the living are central to the progressive Other Minds festivals in San Francisco, this violin-and-piano spin-off recording features works...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2013
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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