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...
This recording, made in conjunction with a concert commemorating the 20th anniversary of the composer’s death in April 2019, provides...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 10/2020
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London have opted for Respighi’s Roman Trilogy for their third album and, as we...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 10/2020
Francesco Piemontesi, Andrew Manze and the SCO return to the Usher Hall and to Mozart for a second disc in...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2020
The evolution of American music is chronicled right here in this quartet of symphonies. And when heard – as I...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2020
Michael Collins’s second recording of Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto (Chandos, 1/13), where he also directed the BBC Symphony Orchestra, came out...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 10/2020
The Orchestra of the Americas and Carlos Miguel Prieto have opted for the familiar Falla pairing of El sombrero de...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 10/2020
Listening to Kian Soltani performing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin, the slightly old-fashioned word that...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2020
The big news here is the terrific playing of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra. The strings, polished during Pinchas Zukerman’s...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2020
If you read Rainer Lepuschitz’s extensive booklet note before listening to these performances, as I did, you too may be...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2020
There are some standout moments on this album. First there is the superlative singing of Jonathan Sells in Biber’s Nisi...
Reviewed by Mark Seow 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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