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...
If you come to this disc only with the knowledge of his Minuet and Trio (which for many readers I’m...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2021
It’s no surprise that one of the more offbeat offerings of the Beethoven year should come from one of the...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2021
‘Do it on the radio’ was the title-character’s suggestion in Willy Russell’s Educating Rita when asked how to resolve the...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2021
I can’t tell you much about the Trio Zeliha – the biography printed in the booklet (in French only) is...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2021
Since first watching the Beethoven Ninth led by Kirill Petrenko in his much-trailed inaugural concert in charge of the Berlin...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2021
Robert Plane has done more than his share of reawakening for the clarinet repertoire, and this latest album features three...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2021
‘This CD showcases the qualities of the Camerata Bern, with which I have worked for several years now’, Patricia Kopatchinskaja...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2021
The majority of pieces on this generously filled release by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta under their violinist/director Candida Thompson tend towards...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 01/2021
This is Gautier Capuçon’s second album of ‘lollipops’. The first, elliptically entitled ‘Intuition’ (2/18), deftly balanced lyricism with flash and...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2021
There’s not much about Covid-wrecked 2020 that the classical music world can be grateful for, but one genuinely positive legacy...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2021
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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