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...
According to the University’s own website – the only details of the instrument provided in the booklet with this CD...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: AW18
If the American pianist Drew Petersen’s name rings a bell it may be from his success in the 2015 Leeds...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW18
Although they attracted attention primarily through their significance in the evolution of post-war European music, Stockhausen’s Klavierstücke are equally vital...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW18
Piano Classics has recently released two discs by the 24-year-old British pianist Tyler Hay, one devoted to the music of...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW18
A teacher/broadcaster colleague once claimed Lowell Liebermann to be the most frequently performed contemporary composer among piano students at the...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW18
This fourth and final volume of Jean-Claude Pennetier’s traversal of all Fauré’s solo piano music is dedicated to the late...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW18
Given Fazıl Say’s proclivities for interpretative monkeyshines, I’m happy to report that the pianist largely exhibits good behaviour throughout this...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW18
The merger of light and darkness purports to govern the programme choices for Alice Sara Ott’s latest release, although her...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW18
If you already have Christophe Rousset’s fine two-disc set of harpsichord pieces by Louis Couperin on Aparté, there’s no need...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW18
Pavel Kolesnikov is an artist who likes to surprise and to delve into the more forgotten corners of the repertoire:...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith 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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