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...
Imagine auditioning this disc with no clues about the composer Rued Langgaard and his nationality, or the works and when...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 9/2011
Nearly all of Loewe's most popular ballads are included in this collection, sung by a voice that is admirably suited...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1990
Leif Ove Andsnes is one of those pianists who realises that Mozart’s bravura passages aren’t just showing-off. It’s clear from...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/2004
How would Sorabji have reacted to the current wave of interest in his music? Surely with a measure of gratitude...
Reviewed in issue 9/1989
I've no idea how long Rattle has been conducting Szymanowski, but a good musical detective ought to be able to...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1994
As recently as August I lamented the absence of a truly outstanding recorded performance of Schutz's great Musicalische Exequien. As...
Reviewed in issue 11/1988
The tone-quality of Andre Watts's instrument, a Yamaha, is mellow to the point of pluminess. It produces some extremely beautiful...
Reviewed in issue 9/1988
Conductor for the past 34 years at the Finnish National Opera, Kari Tikka (b1946) also trained as a composer under...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 1/2005
The critical reaction to a film is the last thing on the mind of a composer when writing to a...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 5/2007
As a complement to their reissue of the Nash/Beecham Faust (5/94), Dutton Laboratories released this CD devoted to the tenor...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1995
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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