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...
Presti and Lagoya, still considered by many to be the greatest classical guitar duo in the history of the instrument,...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 2/2010
The standard repertoire status of Deryck Cooke’s ‘performing version’ of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony will alarm those who believe that a...
Reviewed in issue 10/2002
The harpsichordist, Andreas Staier is probably best known to concert-goers and record collectors in the UK as a member of...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1989
Iberian polyphony has been a mainstay of the Tallis Scholars’ repertory and it was only a matter of time before...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 4/2006
Mascagni’s seventh opera, Amica, is these days pretty well his least known. He had a soft spot for it, regarding...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1997
It’s unusual to have a zarzuela recital from a baritone rather than a tenor‚ and the surprise may be all...
Reviewed in issue 13/2002
The premiere of Bax’s 1913 symphonic poem Spring Fire was to have taken place at the following year’s Norwich Festival...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2011
Curious: at this distance in time it should be perfectly possible to stand back from the controversies and comparisons of...
Reviewed in issue 8/1991
If it is a sign of a great opera that it grows on each hearing, then The Knot Garden is...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1985
It’s slightly like watching a justly proud nation’s entry for some kind of group-athletics in the Olympics, excellent in every...
Reviewed in issue 9/1998
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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