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...
I have heard no more impactful or well-argued work from Kalevi Aho’s pen than his Symphony No 5. It is...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2020
Nielsen’s early symphonies aren’t just well-kept secrets; they are essential listening for anyone serious about understanding the composer’s place in...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2020
Among the joys of Brian Giebler’s new disc is the focus on neglected song repertoire and composers. The American tenor...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW20
This is a nicely if slightly prosaically performed recital of French violin sonatas (or set of three pieces in the...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW20
Each of these 10 works by Jake Runestad, written between 2006 and 2018, has a similar reverence for texts that...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: AW20
Before the rise of Silicon Valley and Dionne Warwick’s 1968 hit ‘Do you know the way to San Jose’, California...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: AW20
Sergey Rachmaninov and Samuel Barber were both twenty-somethings when they composed their only sonatas for cello and piano. These are...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW20
Soprano recital albums are nothing new under the sun, but this one is focused less on the singer and more...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20
Under the baton of Rudolf Kempe, the ‘Vienna Philharmonic on Holiday’ recorded the sturdy Kolo (round-dance) from Ero the Joker...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20
Unusually for Wagner, the curtain rises on Act 2 of Die Walküre to a quite static stage direction: there stands...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20
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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