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 American harpsichordist Jory Vinikour has been working his way through the core repertoire for his instrument – the complete...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2020
András Schiff’s penchant for cyclical programming started to reach Busonian proportions in the 21st century’s first decade, and hasn’t let...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2020
As Marc Lewon says in his note, the lute duet is the most easily documented ensemble from the 15th century;...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 04/2020
It’s interesting to see what can be achieved with a little bit of imaginative programming. It’s not too much of...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2020
Haydn’s D minor Trio begins with a stunning set of double variations alternating minor and major modes, ascending and descending...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2020
What we have here, to quote Rüdiger Albrecht’s comprehensive booklet note, are first-release recordings ‘made in 1949, 1962 and 1964...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2020
Thomas Christian’s ensemble is well placed to broaden and deepen our understanding of an overlooked Viennese contemporary of Schoenberg. I...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2020
CD artwork can be terribly generic. Yes, these are Norwegian artists on a Norwegian label, and the moody monochrome seascape...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2020
It’s the non-Handel works and the music not originally for viola da gamba that are particularly interesting on this new...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2020
Grieg’s violin sonatas still seem to get a raw deal on disc. And yet, as the composer himself said, ‘these...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2020
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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