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...
This is a winner. Following up his inspired recordings of symphonies Dvorak symphonies on EMI Eminence (Nos. 7 and 9,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1995
A cutesy digipak featuring Johannes Möller, his head a mass of blond ringlets, and his puppy dog companion, bodes ill...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 4/2006
A familiar dilemma presents itself here. The artists have given their services to a good cause which will benefit from...
Reviewed in issue 1/1990
Elgar composed all the music on this record between 1889 and 1894, in the first five years of his marriage...
Reviewed in issue 5/1985
Benjamin Dale’s Sonata (1902-05), written when he was a student, is among those works one hears about but never hears,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2010
Coupling Dvorák’s most popular Trio, the Dumky with its predecessor offers a striking contrast. In the Dumky Dvorák had fully...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2006
The current feast on disc for Handelians continues with this exhilarating performance of one of the greatest music dramas in...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1991
Josef Suk celebrated his 80th birthday last August; the following month he was in the studio with Vladimir Ashkenazy to...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2010
In the years around 1920 Bliss explored regularly the sound of intermixed solo strings and wind, with sometimes a harp...
Reviewed in issue 4/1985
Thanks to Christopher Palmer and his invaluable delving into the Walton archive, turning what are often scraps of material into...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1991
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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