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...
Flavio Crispo (1719/20) was abandoned during rehearsals. According to the eyewitness Quantz, the castrato Senesino lost his temper, tore up...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2019
On August 2, 1774, Gluck presented Orphée et Euridice at the Paris Opéra. It was an expanded version, now called...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2019
‘One of the most powerful operatic experiences ever!’ was how one critic described Das Lied der Nacht after its Breslau...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2019
Given its growing popularity, it comes as something of a surprise to discover that Chabrier’s wonderful 1877 opéra-bouffe has for...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2019
There’s something riotous about Il Giasone. Cavalli’s 1649 opera – the most-performed of the 17th century – positively delights in...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2019
Valentina Lisitsa is bold, fearless and forthright to just the right degree in the early works, keen to relish every...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2019
Since Alexander Krichel’s remarkable 2011 debut recording, with its compelling Liszt B minor Ballade and selections from the second Année...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2019
Mikhail Pletnev was 21 when he won the Gold Medal at the 1978 Tchaikovsky Competition, and if there were any...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2019
Time was when Charles-Marie Widor was known only for his Toccata in F, which, in all its multitudinous recorded versions,...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 05/2019
You don’t have to know that Fazıl Say’s 10-part Troy Sonata is a musical parallel to Homer’s Iliad in order...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2019
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
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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