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...
Marina Rebeka turns to French arias for her latest recital, an engaging, if at times uneven disc, in which both...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2020
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, the son of a glamorous Venetian mother and a Bavarian artist father, produced several estimable hits during his...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2020
This is the visual side of the CD release I reviewed last November (Capriccio). The control, order and purpose of...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2020
The history of performances of Wagner’s Ring cycle at London’s Covent Garden Opera House has been an enigmatic one. Artistic...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2020
The dramatic function of Purcell’s music within Thomas Betterton’s extravagant adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is not as tenuous...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2020
Hoffmann is a contemporary artist with stubble and a man-bun. A photographer, perhaps – screen prints and collages of his...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2020
Francesco Morlacchi doesn’t exactly stand shoulder-to-shoulder with his contemporary, Gioachino Rossini. Both composed a Barbiere di Siviglia – Morlaccchi’s actually...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2020
It might seem strange that, six months after releasing a Cavalleria rusticana from Florence’s Maggio Musicale (10/19), Dynamic should be...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2020
As a souvenir of a great night in the theatre this attractively designed own-label Metropolitan Opera release merits a warm...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2020
This problematically titled album explores numerous composers who participated in the annual feast of the Madonna del Carmine (July 16)...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2020
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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