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 listened to an awful lot of Vivaldi concertos during lockdown – all 484 of those currently available on disc....
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20
The classical saxophone album often appears in one of two basic formats. First, there’s the variety-pack version, which blends core...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW20
‘Double’ clarinets could, I suppose, have been a bit of a procession of unremarkable and maybe overlong Classical and early...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW20
‘A breathtaking documentary about the greatest symphony of all time.’ ‘Not just for fans of classical music!’ You have been...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20
Is 26-year-old Franco-Spanish guitarist Thibaut Garcia’s account of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez one of the finest ever recorded? Quite possibly....
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW20
Like Oliver Twist, I’m left wanting more. Clearly this suite from Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece was part of a larger concert programme...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW20
For his first Richard Strauss album, Robin Ticciati offers a welcome deviation from the standard. We’ve got two of the...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW20
I guess I am not alone in being unaware of a piano concerto by Oscar Straus. It was written either...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW20
Anyone wanting to explore the mature output of the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov could hardly do better than hear this...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: AW20
By accident or design this pairing arrives hard on the heels of Alina Ibragimova’s Shostakovich violin concertos for the same...
Reviewed by David Gutman 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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