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...
Charles Koechlin once claimed that “the viola would have to be invented for the Adagio from Fauré’s Second Piano Quartet...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2008
With one great recording among the contents and nothing that is not worth hearing, the disc earns its place on...
Reviewed in issue 5/1990
Wise men have told us that Strauss loved sopranos and looked down on tenors – but here comes a second...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 7/2008
With chorus added in the 1812 as well as the Waltz from Eugene Onegin, this is an exceptional Tchaikovsky collection,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2007
It's nearly a century since Satie composed his Vexations for piano and chose its title with characteristic acuity. It consists...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1991
There is a considerable range to the discography of Josquin’s last and perhaps most famous Mass: men’s ensemble (Ensembles Clement...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/2000
Vaughan Williams inscribed the manuscript full score of his Eighth Symphony: ‘For Glorious John, with love and admiration from Ralph’....
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2003
Francisco Escudero‚ who according to Claves will celebrate his 90th birthday this summer (most other sources say his 89th)‚ has...
Reviewed in issue 5/2002
Annette Oppermann’s booklet-note provides fascinating background about the two works on offer and why they make such apposite couplings. She...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2005
Frederick the Great of Prussia, unbridled in politics and military strategy, had conservative tastes in music. CPE Bach did not,...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 1/2011
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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