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...
As performers, titles and composer’s name should indicate, Josep Maria Ruera (1900-88) was Catalan. Born in Barcelona, he spent most...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/2004
Claudio Abbado has shown himself to be a sympathetic conductor of Mendelssohn's music since his earliest days in the recording...
Reviewed in issue 5/1988
Generous, rich and full-hearted Strauss singing here from one of the great sopranos of our time, albeit not without some...
Reviewed in issue 8/1990
Here at last is a complete recording of Berio's Sinfonia. Until now, this absorbing and bewilderingly complex work has been...
Reviewed in issue 2/1986
If, after the period-instrument strings have made their sharply pointed entry, ''Dick'' does not promptly ''sit'' it is not for...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1989
The obvious importance of this new release is the first appearance on disc of two recent Haydn discoveries, the brief...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/1994
Of all the film scores that deserve sumptuous sound, Walton's for the Olivier film of Henry V stands perhaps the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1991
Louise, although composed by Gustave Charpentier during the late 1890s, was one of the first twentieth-century operas, its premiere at...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 6/1999
Forqueray’s 32 feisty harpsichord character pieces, published in Paris in 1747, occupy a special place in the repertoire, not least...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2008
As one would expect with such positive, characterful artists recorded live, these are performances which grab you with their refreshing...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1995
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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