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...
For the second volume of their Schumann project, Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber turn to Myrthen, the wonderful wedding present...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2019
A musical landmark it undoubtedly is, but few would claim that Cipriano de Rore’s first book of madrigals constitutes easy...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2019
Palestrina’s second book of Lamentations is surprisingly passionate, and this performance in particular is a gentle reminder that the spacious,...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2019
Coincidences like this are rare indeed at the high modernist end of the music spectrum. Two new CDs of Kurtág’s...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2019
Karl Jenkins has dedicated his new choral work to those in the Middle East who have suffered in the recent...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2019
Amid Handel’s fluctuating fortunes in London’s cultural marketplace, Samson remained a reliable banker. Its popularity quickly spread beyond the capital,...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2019
Among the deluge of Baroque solo cantatas from 18th-century Italy – most celebrated in the elder Scarlatti’s Neapolitan output –...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2019
Some 30 years ago Iain Fenlon referred to Les Arts Florissants’ initial Gesualdo disc as their ‘first foray into the...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2019
Conceived in 1951 as a vehicle for the great Kathleen Ferrier, Bliss’s splendidly effective and abundantly characterful scena The Enchantress...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2019
Unlike more specialised ensembles, Officium’s remit ranges broadly across the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This tightly organised plainchant programme focuses...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2019
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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