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...
The draw of Italy for mid-16th-century northern European composers – oltremontani; ‘those from the other side of the alps’ –...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 09/2020
Vivaldi’s motet Clarae stellae, scintillate (1715) was composed for Geltruda della Violetta (1684-1752), a talented musician in the coro of...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2020
The Prison (1929-30) was Ethel Smyth’s last major work, an hour-long oratorio-style work described by its composer as a symphony,...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2020
Troubled times often prompt creative responses that bring out the human qualities lying within us – tolerance, compassion, dignity and...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2020
Every now and then you hear a new work and feel that excitement, the knowledge that here is a piece...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2020
After the dazzling assurance of Les Talens Lyriques’ recent recording under Christophe Rousset (with the tautly blended pair of Sandrine...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 09/2020
The voices of the Warsaw Boys’ Choir and the Kraków Philharmonic Choir draw the listener immediately into this recording of...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 09/2020
Peace Upon You, Jerusalem is Arvo Pärt’s take on I was glad. Celebration is made manifest not via gleaming D...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 09/2020
A hundred years ago, as part of the post-war settlement, Southern Jutland (otherwise known as North Schleswig) returned to Denmark...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2020
Among all his sacred works, Mozart’s grand C minor Mass is perhaps the most challenging for performers. By some way...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2020
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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