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...
It is timely that just as the London Philharmonic is taking up its prestigious residency at the Royal Festival Hall,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1992
A charming and unusual disc though not one to play through continuously (I suggest) at one sitting. The love songs...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2003
Hard on the heels of the LP release of Handel's Op. 6 concertos comes this CD issue. These performances, at...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1984
Of these two wartime performances of the Ninth Symphony, the 1942 Berlin version is greatly to be preferred. It has...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1994
New Zealand-born Simon O’Neill seems assured of a glittering future at a time when international demand for tenors able to...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/2010
Bernarda Fink’s strong, flexible voice is well matched to all that Ravel asks of her, from the lively snapshots of...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/2007
If you like your Dupre on a genuine Cavaille-Coll organ, distantly recorded and surrounded by clouds of aural incense, this...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 2/2000
Like Karajan (DG), Sawallisch elects to record the original 1866 Linz version of this symphony. It is often pointed out...
Reviewed in issue 9/1986
This is music of moderation, well played and well recorded. None of the composers has a sufficiently strong personality to...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/1991
If there is a difference between Blomstedt's latest San Francisco Ein Heldenleben and his 1984 Dresden predecessor, it lies in...
Reviewed by Jonathan Swain in issue: 5/1994
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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