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...
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DEBUSSY Orchestral Works
As Stéphane Denève bows out as music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, he bequeaths a valuable Gallic legacy...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 08/2012
CATOIRE & SHERWOOD Piano Concertos
The modern rediscovery of Georgy Catoire’s modestly proportioned oeuvre was kick-started by Marc-André Hamelin’s 1999 Hyperion recital (1/00 – soon...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2012
CASELLA Concerto for Orchestra, Op 61. Symphonic Fragments from 'La donna serpente', Op 50
The music of Alfredo Casella (1883-1947) charts a fascinating stylistic journey. Early in his career he was a bold progressive...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2012
BRUCKNER Symphony No 9
In an appreciative tribute to the four musicians who put together the ‘performing version’ of the finale featured on this...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2012
BRUCKER Symphony No 5
‘Involvement’ is the keyword here, Claudio Abbado himself relaxed (or seemingly so), alert, exultant or visibly pleased as suits the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2012
BRAHMS Symphony No 3 ELGAR Symphony No 1
‘First CD release’ proclaims the artwork – an assertion that only holds true for the Brahms, its bedfellow having already...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2012
R STRAUSS Die Frau ohne Schatten
The Woman without a Shadow, completed during the First World War but not staged till 1919, was Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2012
MOZART The Marriage of Figaro
The first time I saw Figaro was in Vienna on September 1, 1964, the first night of the new season....
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2012
MONTEVERDI Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
No doubt it is a commonplace to point out that Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria is the least popular of...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2012
JANÁČEK The Makropulos Affair
A perplexing issue. The performance has class. The Vienna Philharmonic now play this score with greater naturalness and virtuosity than...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 08/2012
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Review - Berl Senofsky: American Virtuoso
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
Book review - Tchaikovsky’s Empire: A New Life of Russia’s Greatest Composer (by Simon Morrison)
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
Review - Max Rostal: Concert Tours 1956-1965
These are engaging, spontaneous-sounding performances that if widely heard could well spark off a...
Review - The Complete Symphonic, Concertante & Sacred Music Recordings (Orch dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano)
Richard Bratby charts the relationship between the conductor and his Italian orchestra
Review - recent Mengelberg releases from the archives
‘Mengelberg’s performances – like Furtwängler’s – were for the most part products of careful...
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