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...
Upon reviewing this release, I had every intention of listening to it every day until publication. Six hours of Marin...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2020
Whether or not Franck originally conceived his Violin Sonata for cello and piano, as now seems probable, the version played...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2020
Coincidentally, just prior to hearing these two double-packs, I’d received a reissue from First Hand Records of the First and...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2020
Does any body of work by a great composer look more unassuming (superficially, at least) and yet yield more riches...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2020
There’s a special fascination to Beethoven’s three violin sonatas Op 30 – music that he seems to have written, in...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2020
The inside cover of this disc shows Grażyna Bacewicz holding a violin; and if you discovered this composer through the...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2020
Blend imaginative yet learned interpretation, profound sensitivity and poetry, and personal charisma, and you have here one of the finest...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 01/2020
Since his 2013 victory in the Cleveland International Piano Competition, Stanislav Khristenko has been amassing a strong online profile through...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2020
We do not hear enough of the music of Aaron Jay Kernis (b1960). I was mightily impressed with his recent...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2020
The Planets has received dozens of recordings since its earliest accounts in the 1920s under the composer’s baton. And no...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 01/2020
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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