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...
We know a lot about how Beethoven composed at the keyboard, and right from the clipped, slashed and rolled tutti...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet first crossed my radar in 2005 with a striking Liszt recital on MDG that contained, among other gems,...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW20
Deutsche Grammophon’s booklet note for this new recording arguably exaggerates the neglect of Franz Schmidt (1874-1939) and his four symphonies,...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW20
The UK premiere of Symphony No 21 in Symphony Hall last November was a watershed moment for Weinberg’s reputation. It...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2019
The small and perfectly formed have come into their own during the pandemic with new and existing chamber arrangements making...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2020
Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima have had a run of snappy album titles in recent years – ‘The Italian Job’,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2020
A brand-new Cello Concerto – one piece, three composers, ‘three continents’. As Jan Vogler, the commissioner, puts it: ‘I’m a...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2020
Schumann himself conducted the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, and the CD booklet makes a case for the ensemble’s continuing connection...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2020
The death at the age of 70 earlier this year of Christopher Rouse also brought a premature close to a...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 10/2020
A new recording of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez is always welcome. Unencumbered by profundity yet full of strong feeling, impeccably...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2020
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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