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...
First, a major gripe. In the October issue I reviewed Il tabarro from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, part of Denis...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20
Not unlike Gounod in his opera from Goethe’s Faust, Massenet – towards the end of his career – reduced another...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: AW20
Accademia Bizantina launches its own label with a live recording of a production staged in Como by OperaLombardia. The theatre...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW20
There’s a lot to admire here from Diana Damrau, not least her decision on this Donizetti album to opt for...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW20
Listening to Iván Fischer’s account of Das Lied von der Erde so soon after nominating Jurowski’s Berlin/Pentatone recording for Recording...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW20
A title that evokes wafting scents on the breezes of La Serenissima, a cover photo of a hazy San Giorgio...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW20
There are so many riches to be had from 17th-century German and Austrian string-band music and this release mines them...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW20
Latin American Baroque music is now a well-trodden path but 16th-century repertoire from the New World is still largely terra...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW20
This release extends Dacapo’s exploration of Buxtehude’s universe as set out on the excellent discs ‘Scandinavian Cantatas’ (3/11) and ‘Buxtehude...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW20
Sabine Devieilhe first came to my notice via her Baroque performances, notably her Rameau discs. But there are many strings...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger 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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