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...
In a score of such lavish resource as Gurrelieder (six soloists, a chorus big enough for its male voices to...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1993
In 1986 Peter Holman set out a case for orchestrating François Couperin’s chamber music. He focused particular attention on the...
Reviewed in issue 9/2001
I enjoyed both these works very much. They communicate. The First Quartet comes from the mid-1950s and was written just...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1994
Heifetz's recorded legacy is particularly rewarding for reasons other than the simple fact that he was a great violinist. He...
Reviewed in issue 9/1990
It cannot be denied, good as the recent recordings of Britten's Cello Symphony have been (Yo-Yo Ma on CBS outstandingly...
Reviewed in issue 9/1989
The solo and chamber woodwind repertory owes much to French composers. Indeed, it is hard to think of the flute...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1995
Bernard Stevens (1916-83) wrote his Dance Suite in 1957. Its title invites comparison with Bartok's well-known suite, but despite some...
Reviewed in issue 11/1994
Gathering together Feldman’s violin and piano music might be an ideal way to persuade potential listeners to get to grips...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/2000
Of the several period-instrument contenders in this field, no one had impressed me more than the vividly responsive Lambert Orkis...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1995
Was Raphael Wallfisch both director and soloist? Or did leader Nicholas Ward direct from the first desk? We are not...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 4/2011
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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