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...
Listening to Franz Lachner’s Catharina Cornaro, one can hear why it might have held a position in the repertoire of...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW18
As a functionary behind a desk between 1915 and 1918, Berg had what used to be known as a good...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW18
What could the three dots of the title mean? It could be that the artists were trying to find an...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW18
Robert Farley is one of that elite company of baroque trumpeters whose members you will often hear in the top...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW18
Health warning: listening to this disc in a single sitting may exceed your Recommended Daily Allowance of vibrato. Even without...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW18
The actor Malcolm Sinclair joins seven players from the LSO for this striking new recording of Stravinsky’s cautionary tale, directed...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: AW18
Few readers will be familiar with these unpretentious and accessible Soviet-era sonatas. The most distinctive is the two-movement score by...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: AW18
Daniel Barenboim and Mozart make a heady mix and here the pianist is joined by three string players involved with...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW18
Michael Gordon (b1956) has enjoyed a productive relationship with the Kronos Quartet stretching back to the beginning of the century,...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW18
‘This composer, who was never given to writing for writing’s sake, must not be regarded as a mere disciple of...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW18
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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