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...
Like so many terms borrowed from the other arts, Jugendstil is not easy to pinpoint in music. This recital from...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2020
Mary Bevan is not just an exceptionally fine soprano. She’s also a superb actress, whether performing on the operatic stage...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2020
There is a lot more ‘Evensong Live’ here than on the recent disc bearing that name from King’s College, Cambridge...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2020
It’s nine years since Diana Damrau’s last album dedicated to Richard Strauss (3/11). That release saw her in in a...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2020
Reicha’s Requiem, composed in Vienna in the first decade of the 19th century, has been described as a link between...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the weird and wonderful work of Dave Molloy that...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020
The cantata Joseph, Mankind’s Blessing was composed for use in one of Vienna’s Masonic lodges during a period of tolerance,...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020
As so often with early(ish) Haydn, we can only speculate on the origins of this expansive ‘cantata Mass’, composed in...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2020
Jordi Savall’s claim that his performance of Messiah is based on Handel’s autograph score in the British Library is puzzling...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2020
Reynaldo Hahn’s reputation rests primarily on his songs, so it comes as something of a shock to realise how few...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2020
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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