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...
We’re grabbed by an arresting and self-assured anacrusis, a captivating fullness of tone. But it’s not just a case of...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2021
It was likely that Chandos, given its extensive coverage of his orchestral output, would turn to the string quartets of...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2021
This recording of Walton’s Piano Quartet, composed during 1918 19, is a most welcome addition to the catalogue in that...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 03/2021
When he was 15, Daniel Hope heard a fellow student play Schnittke’s First Violin Sonata, sparking what’s become a lifelong...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2021
Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846) was a celebrated organist in his day and is best known for the music he...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2021
Helena Munktell (1852-1919) studied singing and piano in Stockholm, Vienna and Paris, was elected to the Swedish Royal Academy in...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2021
Holmboe’s First and Third Quartets (both completed in 1949) first appeared on LP in the 1950s, recorded respectively by the...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2021
Joly Braga Santos (1924-88) was a figure of exceptional importance in Portuguese music, as anyone who has heard the first...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2021
This recording has two claims on your attention. It’s the latest release in Harmonia Mundi’s ‘Stradivari’ project showcasing historic instruments...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2021
The album’s opener, Bach’s Sonata in G, BWV1027, is lovely. Marie Stockmarr Becker and Ilaria Macedonio perform the Adagio with...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2021
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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