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...
As viola player Sam Quintal’s introductory note celebrates, this disc ‘marks the culmination’ of the Jasper Quartet’s 10-year involvement with...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2019
When Bojan Čičić and his Illyria Consort gave us the first six of Carbonelli’s set of 12 violin sonatas (8/17),...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2019
Let’s not get embroiled in the argument as to whether there really are five Brahms violin sonatas – Ulf Wallin...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2019
Since 1993 the Common Sense Composers’ Collective has created more than 70 new works, released four albums and produced five...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2019
An entire disc running close to an hour devoted to pieces for girls’ chorus, either a cappella or accompanied by...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2019
Showing that Toronto is not the only Canadian city capable of producing superb period ensembles, the Ottawa Bach Choir, conducted...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2019
The Repast Baroque Ensemble members approached arranging Bach’s Goldberg Variations by first singing through the score and then trying out...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2019
This film records François-Xavier Roth’s first concert as principal guest conductor of the LSO, after some years working together on...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2019
Danish recorder doyenne Michala Petri turns to America for the latest instalment in her international concerto series, and it’s a...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2019
Don’t be deceived by the slick packaging, stylised poses, smug self-titling, bland booklet notes and banal, FM-friendly musical contents of...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn 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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