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...
A Prokofiev Fifth as vibrant, intelligent and meticulously prepared as you'd expect from this partnership. In the mighty opening movement,...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/1993
The Danish composer, Poul Ruders, is one of the most talented and gifted voices of the immediate post-war generation. That...
Reviewed in issue 4/1992
“Otello in Barcelona” is what this set is somewhat curiously called. Since the typography does not help, one is left...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1997
Just how rich is Teldec’s potential for remastering accomplished performances for its Das Alte Werk label can be gauged from...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/1996
Eriks Esenvalds is another in the ever-lengthening catalogue of highly skilled Latvian choral composers who are currently making an impact...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 5/2011
Mention getting six symphonies and three operas on one CD, and your friends may nervously wonder about your state of...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1993
''Her career is a window on the meeting of musical manners between the New World and the Old.'' Dominic Fyfe,...
Reviewed in issue 10/1994
It’s easy to divide the evolution of Western music into arbitrary historical periods, but more useful to find links between...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 3/2008
Delphina Potocka was one of a number of fascinating women in Chopin’s life. His supposed letters to her‚ which surfaced...
Reviewed in issue 1/2002
Both when it firts came out as a single LP and later when it was included in HMV's box of...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1986
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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