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...
This new Capriccio recording provides a superb demonstration of the variety and substance of Schreker’s music during the early decades...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 02/2019
Nikolaj Znaider’s follow-up to his disc of Mozart’s fourth and fifth violin concertos (5/18) is as enjoyable as its predecessor....
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2019
No sooner had one account of the Mendelssohn concertos arrived from Roberto Prosseda than another one turned up, this time...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2019
Like Sibelius, Martinů was initially a violinist; unlike Sibelius, Martinů composed enough concertante works to fill four CDs, memorably recorded...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2019
This is a brave and yet confident, often illuminating, always absorbing set. It tells a story of Rattle’s history with...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2019
Ondine’s association with Hannu Lintu continues with the first and last of Lutosławski’s symphonies. The composer harboured doubts over his...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2019
The cycle of Haydn’s symphonies begun by Thomas Fey in 1999 is now well past its two-thirds point. These four...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2019
The snappily named Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina is happily willing to go beyond its remit and here presents early-Nineties performances...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2019
Pascal Dusapin continues to be among the most recorded of present-day composers, and this new BIS disc includes a first...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2019
In Jakub Hrůša’s hands, the opening of Brahms’s Fourth becomes a series of world-weary sighs, an apt lead-in to a...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2019
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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