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...
To anyone who remembers the scintillating BBC Proms debut of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala in 2017, this album will...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2020
He may be best known through his sizeable output for television (dramas and documentaries) but Christopher Tyler Nickel (b1978) has...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2020
As pairings go, Mozart and Silvestrov is pretty inspired. And within each half of Hélène Grimaud’s programme the works are...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2020
During a long association with founding conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus, the Orchestre National de Lille tended to be associated with Gallic...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2020
The works of Nicola LeFanu (b1947) have not been overlooked in terms of recording, albeit often appearing with those by...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2020
Eric Coates had a distinct liking for fairy tales, and unless my ears deceive me his narrative writing sometimes assumes...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2020
It’s always good to see younger guitarists continuing the tradition of commissioning new concertos for their instrument, especially when the...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 11/2020
Capitalising on Mirga GraŽinytė-Tyla and the CBSO’s Record of the Year triumph at this year’s Gramophone Awards, this purely digital...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2020
Christoph König’s survey of the nine Beethoven symphonies (plus sundry overtures and Barry Cooper’s realisation of sketches for the Tenth)...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2020
This latest Beethoven Violin Concerto recording might, in a sense, be called a ‘Homage to Fritz Kreisler’, and not just...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2020
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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