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...
Mere weeks after the Doric’s Op 41 comes another new set of Schumann’s miraculous quartets, this time coupled with the...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 1/2012
Just as some composers enjoy inflated reputations on account of their historical position, so others can suffer undue disdain if...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/1992
The six string symphonies grouped together with the Wotquenne number 182 are echt CPE Bach – if you wanted to...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2007
The Swiss flautist, Emmanuel Pahud, appointed principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic at the age of 22, here follows up...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1999
This – presumably – final instalment of Martinu’s solo piano music is once again a real mix of the juvenile...
Reviewed by rredford in issue: 11/2009
Like Rob Cowan‚ I was very much taken with Nikolaj Znaider’s début coupling of Nielsen and Bruch (EMI‚ 4/01); this...
Reviewed in issue 6/2002
Alicia de Larrocha, that incomparable interpreter of the Spanish repertoire, is revisiting many of her favourite musical haunts on RCA...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1996
The discography of this work is now extensive yet each new version adds to our knowledge and presents different aspects...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1994
This is an enterprising selection of Britten performed by the Choir of St Thomas's in Fifth Avenue, New York City,...
Reviewed in issue 5/1991
I was astonished at the low level of the Teldec recording. In searching for the ideal volume setting I had...
Reviewed in issue 3/1992
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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