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...
Patrick Cohen plays an Erard piano, c 1855, that seems perfect for Chopin; a warm, rich sonority, admirably clear in...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2001
How do you feel about a fortepiano in this keyboard-led music? Try the Adagio of No 26, and if you...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2003
With their penchant for aggressive gestures and high-level amplification, it was inevitable that Bang on a Can should feature Louis...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 5/2003
How many Sinfonias concertante did J. C. Bach write? Grove lists 15, plus four 'doubtful', Ernest Warburton's more recent catalogue...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1989
With its spikily uncompromising score and haunted, schizoid anti-heroine, The Fiery Angel scared off even the initially interested Bruno Walter...
Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 10/2003
Here is a useful sporran-filler. This collection of Britten’s songs to Scottish texts occupies almost a complete disc, headed by...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 13/2011
The late Deryck Cooke described Bruckner's Third Symphony as the least perfect of the nine symphonies, though not the least...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1991
Paul Schoenfield (b1947) remains best known for Café Music, a lively remix of Viennese Tafelmusik and contemporary influences. The nascent...
Reviewed by Lawrence Johnson in issue: 12/2004
Ponce was the father of twentieth-century Mexican music, a role for which he prepared by studying in Europe in order...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1996
While Scandinavia can boast a roster of world famous singers from Jenny Lind and Christina Nilsson in the last century...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1991
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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