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...
A German composer does not lightly lay claim to having written a Grosse Messe, and Felix Draeseke (1853-1913), rather than...
Reviewed in issue 10/1996
MacDowell has been typecast by his charming piano miniatures; we no more expect him to have written symphonic poems than...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1999
The glittering sound of the Emmanuel Music Chorus is just what is required for Schutz's six-part writing. The chorus's bright...
Reviewed in issue 11/1993
Recordings of Franz Schmidt’s oratorio on the Apocalypse continue to emerge. Best known for his work with the left-field Absolute...
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 6/2008
It is quite a coup for John Eliot Gardiner to present the premiere recording of a major Mendelssohn work, for...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1999
This CD completes Adrian Butterfield’s three-disc set of Leclair’s first volume of violin sonatas from 1723. Like the others, this...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 2/2010
The discrepancy in the number of CDs contained in these two sets of the purportedly 'complete' music for solo piano...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 3/1994
This latest volume in his complete Beethoven sonata cycle clearly demonstrates John O'Conor's eloquent style and careful approach. The opening...
Reviewed in issue 8/1993
This enterprising Chopin programme couples the E minor Concerto with a solo programme including the Bolero, an intriguing if unconvincing...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2006
John Turner, together with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia under Gavin Sutherland, has already given us a highly attractive collection of...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/2003
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...
If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.