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...
Joaquín Nin (18791949)‚ born in Havana‚ Cuba‚ is a relatively new name to me. Best known for his songs and...
Reviewed in issue 5/2002
There are already several fine performances of the C minor Mass in the catalogue, and here is another. This one...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/1994
The 1979 Vienna New Year’s Day Concert marked the twenty-fifth occasion that Willi Boskovsky had appeared on the podium, violin...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 4/1996
In 1998, the Schubert Ensemble of London initiated Chamber Music 2000, to commission works from leading composers which were suitable...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 5/2003
Hans Petermandl on Marco Polo has come nearest to a complete survey of Hindemith’s solo piano music (over 90 per...
Reviewed in issue 11/1996
For those who agonize over Sinopoli's interpretations of Verdi and Mahler, this reissue is a reminder of that early phase...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1988
Inevitably the star of this record is John Sothcott, still perhaps most famous for his glittering performances as a recorded...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 3/1986
Arabella Steinbacher and Marek Janowski offer us Bartók in 3D, the three dimensions not only spatial but emotional as well....
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2010
Those for whom Sylvia McNair can do no wrong will love this disc. Three of the most tempting motets in...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 2/1994
This is a lame, undramatic Rheingold. Levine actually manages to make most of this prologue to the great cycle seem...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1990
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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