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 disc needs no recommendation for readers familiar with Marc-Andre Hamelin's previous recordings (Hyperion's recent Henselt/Alkan issue, 8/94, or Hamelin's...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1995
Much as any new acquaintance with one of the Soviet Union’s most rewarding mavericks is to be welcomed, this issue...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 8/2010
In the theatre Marguerite is a show that is about halfway there. Its biggest handicap – as is so often...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/2009
I share RF's pleasure in this performance, particularly in respect of the boys' clarity, mentioned in the original review (it...
Reviewed in issue 10/1986
As I imagine, every music-lover knows by now that the Amadeus Quartet has ended its long and distinguished concert and...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1989
These two offerings include much of Victoria’s best-known music. His massive publication of 1585, the Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae, was never...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2005
The Dutch cellist, Pieter Wispelwey, both live and on disc, has been building a formidable reputation, showing his versatility, switching...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1996
The youthful freshness of Keith John's playing, the clarity and strange beauty of the highly individual organ are all revealed...
Reviewed in issue 9/1987
The 1980 reissue of this classic Callas set of 1959 (RLS737, 4/80—nla) brought a very commendable opening out of what...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1986
Soeur Marie Keyrouz belongs to a rare breed of musicians: a fully trained female cantor of talent, she has already...
Reviewed by mberry in issue: 7/1996
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
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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