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...
No, not Mozart and Haydn; ‘Classical Kirkby’ turns out to be a delightful programme of English 17th- and 18th-century song...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/2003
Though Ronald Binge remains best remembered for his Elizabethan Serenade, a work that has enjoyed world-wide popularity, this most attractive...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/1994
Chichester Cathedral suffered over a decade without the use of its pipe organ. Now, with its glorious case fully restored,...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/1989
I must confess than I am no closer than I have ever been to unlocking the Franz Schmidt enigma, so...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1985
The microphones have been placed so far away from the organ that it's difficult to know whether the strange clattering...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/1994
The elaborate packaging (is there an award for this sort of thing?) reproduces details of The Garden of Earthly Delights,...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 11/2000
The volume of piano music in the Complete Edition of Dvorak's works includes a great deal of music, all of...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1992
I was not the only one to enjoy the first disc of Telemann's ''Paris Quartets'' to come from the happy...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/1994
Offenbach composed over 100 works for the stage, only a few of which have been recorded complete. This groundbreaking set...
Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 11/2007
George Antheil’s belated representation on CD continues to grow. Although Ballet mécanique is the inevitable selling point here‚ the 1953...
Reviewed in issue 11/2001
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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