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 is a fascinating survey of Estonian orchestral music by composers born towards the end of the 19th century showing...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2020
The lira organizzata was, as described by Richard Wigmore, ‘a high-tech hurdy-gurdy with sympathetic strings and an inbuilt miniature organ’....
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020
My first introduction to Sam Hayden’s music was in the back room of a low ceilinged bar at the Huddersfield...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2020
Numerous composers have secured their reputation through scores for film and television, subsequently to attempt music for the concert hall...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2020
It’s been a decade since Chandos issued the first volume in this Goossens survey from Melbourne (6/09). Andrew Achenbach greeted...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2020
Resisting any temptation to repeat old jokes about the lack of famous Belgians, may I introduce to you, making his...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2020
The big news here – to me, at least, since I missed this same team’s Dutilleux disc (BIS, 1/16) –...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2020
Bryce Dessner confessed to having been shocked by the precision and energy of Ensemble Resonanz’s performances when he first heard...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2020
A brand-new label showcasing both the National Symphony Orchestra and their home – the Kennedy Center – in Washington DC...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020
What an attractive programme this is, the DVD cover an alluring bright red, vivid orange and sky blue, Marin Alsop...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas 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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