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...
Over a decade, 19 volumes and many hours of psalms, anthems, Passions, madrigals and motets later, Hans-Christoph Rademann’s recording of...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2019
It’s good to be able to welcome a survey of Clara Schumann’s songs for the composer’s anniversary – they more...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2019
The Petite Messe solennelle was first performed in Paris in 1864 as a chamber work for 12 singers, two pianos...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2019
The Fra Bernado label is certainly fulfilling its mission statement to cover ‘white spots on the map of early music’...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 09/2019
Unless one happens to be dealing with Wolfgang Rihm, Kaija Saariaho or Steve Reich, it’s difficult to suppress the surge...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2019
These three ceremonial grand motets were included in Lully’s publication of assorted Motets à deux choeurs de la Chapelle du...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2019
If Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen is the glossed-up, ‘Hollywood’ version of Wotan’s shenanigans, this is the urtext. Eleven years...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 09/2019
Singing self-accompanied on the lute was considered a mark of the true Renaissance gentleman, but the two functions could be...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2019
Johannes de Lymburgia was active in the Veneto around 1430, though presumably born in the Low Countries. His music is...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 09/2019
The Passion oratorio Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus is usually nicknamed the Brockes Passion after...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2019
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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