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...
A column in the March 2020 issue of Gramophone’s stable companion International Piano quoted a whopping 709 different recordings already...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2020
A kind of study for his 2013 guitar concerto Transit, Kromos is Sebastian Fagerlund’s way of exploring his own and...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 07/2020
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has chosen a particularly happy way to celebrate Beethoven this year. Rather than more Beethoven, of which Bavouzet...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2020
Sometimes I think I’ve been unlucky with my experiences of Sokolov, so mixed have my impressions been from both live...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 07/2020
To an already robust discography, Peter Jablonski adds a disc encompassing most of Scriabin’s Mazurkas. They span the composer’s life...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2020
Schubert’s piano duets on period instruments are still – perhaps surprisingly – relatively thin on the ground, so it’s good...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2020
While certain pianists approach Mozart sonatas in the manner of visual artists who favour pastels and subtle hues, Peter Donohoe...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2020
The finishing tape of Konstantin Scherbakov’s Godowsky marathon is in sight. His project to record the complete works began back...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2020
The second volume of Louis Lortie’s series of Fauré recitals offers the kind of solace that repays repeated hearings, with...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 07/2020
Chopin may have brought the étude out of the practice room and into the salon but for some performers there’s...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2020
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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