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...
Impressive as this recording was in its original LP format, this CD version has even more impact, one of the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1983
Guitar versions of Schubert’s song-cycle are certainly worth experimenting with for the reasons expounded in the notes to this new...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2004
This series is turning into something of a world tour for organist Christopher Herrick, producer Paul Spicer and the rest...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/1996
The Grieg violin and piano sonatas, each with its own highly distinctive character, make an excellent CD programme, even without...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2006
This is an unusual release in that all the music, ranging from motets to a full-scale violin concerto, has arisen...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/1997
Here’s a piece about sex. In fact most pieces by Italian composer Sylvano Bussotti in some way relate to the...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 5/2007
It was only in the May issue that I greeted—a shade guardedly—the new Amon Ra recording of Beethoven's two main...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1987
The 25-minute first movement of Scriabin's Divine Poem is often something of an endurance test. Not so under Jarvi. His...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/1991
With over 50 versions of the symphony available, let alone reissues and recouplings galore, a new one must make strong...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1998
The pen poised to write a large N for ‘No’ changes direction and forms a Y. That of itself is...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2004
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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