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...
What a beautifully crafted disc this is – not just in its quality (and it really is Trinity at their...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2019
Leif Segerstam has become notorious in recent years for giving performances of standard repertoire that rival Celibidache in their pseudo-mystical...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2019
The setting of Nun danket alle Gott by Altnickol was once erroneously ascribed to his father-in-law: thus accorded a place...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2019
Recorded live in the church of St Wenceslas in Naumburg, this assortment of four cantatas features its magnificent historic organ...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2019
For her third ECM release, Anna Gourari has assembled a thoughtful miscellany whose affinity is not so much elusive as...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2019
The eclecticism and stylistic contrasts characterising the works on Nathan Williamson’s newest release reveal this pianist’s knack for conceiving intelligent...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2019
My sadly seldom-visited LP collection includes Jean Doyen’s Gaspard and Valses nobles, which have always held a special place in...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2019
Stefan Stroissnig, who studied in his native Vienna and at the Royal College of Music, now teaches at the University...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2019
The Latvian-born pianist Georgijs Osokins was one of six artists who, having failed to reach the finals of the 2015...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2019
The second instalment of Peter Donohoe’s Mozart survey was recorded as recently as this March. He and Somm’s recording team...
Reviewed by David Threasher 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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