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...
These two new releases see two conductors tackle Ein Heldenleben at different stages of their relationships with orchestras. Vasily Petrenko’s...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2019
Just Sibelius’s First Symphony? That is exceptionally short measure for a CD. The ratio of quality over quantity needed to...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2019
Enter the extraordinary world of Federico Fellini – a world where childhood dreams strive to lose touch with reality, where...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2019
‘To embody the expressive totality of dance solely through sound’ is how the rather grand booklet notes describe the aim...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2019
Qigang Chen is something of a sound magician. In fact, the day this CD arrived I’d invested in and just...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2019
Lisa Jacobs plays with firm tone and admirable technical control in these live performances, and I’m particularly taken with the...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2019
The wildest thing about this tour of Mussorgsky’s gallery is Ilya Repin’s portrait of the composer on the cover. It...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2019
Last year Accentus released the complete inaugural concert of Andris Nelsons as Gewandhaus-kapellmeister (11/18) and it’s a shame that their...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2019
This is, in certain ways, a most peculiar project. Jordi Savall’s approach to Mozart’s three final symphonies bears a clear...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2019
A number of things become clearer as Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto unfolds. First, that there’s a story to be told,...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2019
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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