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...
With each reacquaintance‚ Gedda goes up the ladder of my own personal hierarchy towards the position he evidently should have...
Reviewed in issue 9/2001
Those united in matrimony are not to be put asunder, as the Marriage Service avers. Cav and Pag go together...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2000
Nigel Kennedy's second concerto record for the EMI Eminence label, like is Gramophone Award-winning version of the Elgar (EMX412058-1, 12/84;...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1986
Here is more enticingly off-the-beaten-track from this new super-budget label. The Fourth (Requiem) was apparently Hanson’s own favourite of his...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1997
The concerto starts with a faintly anonymous presentation of the first theme, redeemed somewhat by a good sense of momentum....
Reviewed in issue 8/1989
Chopin’s two concertos provide plenty of virtuoso fodder to fuel Lang Lang’s high-wire facility. To his credit, he consistently channels...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2008
The revival of Billy Mayerl (1902–59) is now very much under way. Soon, as with the piano music of Satie,...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/1993
The shadow of Beethoven falls heavily over these two quartets; or—if you prefer—the strong light of Beethoven illuminates them. Players...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1992
The Nocturne and Tarantella is one of Syzmanowski’s most immediately attractive pieces in any medium, and it more than survives...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 2/2010
The reissue of this recording under the Souvenir series banner is appropriate, a remembrance of how such works were once...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1994
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
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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