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...
This is, on the whole, an inspired performance in a superbly lifelike recording, adding to the happy history of the...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1993
There is no shortage of recordings, both on LP and CD, of these perennial Vivaldi flute favourites. Only recently I...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1987
If Bach ever wrote a concerto for the oboe, no copy of it has been unearthed, yet no evidence is...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1990
Ned Rorem has known these soloists for many years. He tells us in the CD booklet that these are perfect...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/2007
As much as I devour sixteenth-century sacred polyphony, I find it hard to get enthusiastic about these Responsories for Holy...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/1999
Parkin's paraphrases are his own—easy, laid-back, spontaneous, in the best cocktail-bar tradition. ''Parkin in the wee small hours'', you might...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/1989
At its best, this engagingly theatrical Petrushka could score points off most of the competition. Rattle's CBSO on EMI or...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 7/1992
Competition in symphonies Dvorak symphonies grows ever keener, and though mostly recommendable, none of these new issues quite matches the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1991
Had this version been issued, as it should have been, immediately after it was recorded almost six years ago I...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1998
Moeran's Serenade from 1948 (his last orchestral piece) makes a delightful impression here. Hickox, of course, gives us Moeran's score...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1994
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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