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 disc is a real find. Glenn Gould and Friedrich Gulda are still familiar names as performers of the first...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020
Michael Fine may not be familiar to many as a composer but for three decades he worked very successfully as...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 05/2020
When it comes to choosing a recommendable version of Enescu’s fiery and tightly argued Octet, a work written in 1900...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2020
It’s not certain who arranged Brahms’s First Violin Sonata for cello, but I’d bet it wasn’t the composer. As the...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2020
These 2019 live performances originate from an annual event at Tokyo’s acoustically accommodating Suntory Hall which, as part of its...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2020
An unqualified good news story in recent years has been the steady increase in recordings of the music of Grażyna...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2020
Chineke! are more than just a (first-rate) orchestra showcasing the talents of black and minority ethnic (BME) musicians – their...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020
David McKee’s children’s story Not Now, Bernard is wonderfully double-edged, attractive to youngsters because of the monster who eats children...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020
Chausson’s Concert for violin, piano and string quartet is the only big work on this two-CD set, and it’s given...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2020
Raphael Wallfisch has made it his ‘life mission as a cellist to champion the music of Jewish composers who were...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 04/2020
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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