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...
The sinfonia (or symphonie) concertante developed mainly in the orchestral centres of Mannheim and Paris and, the informative booklet tells...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2018
Much as the classification ‘concerto-suites’ does very strongly suggest ‘contents as described on the tin’, some may yet find it...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2018
The variably transliterated Dmitry Kitaenko continues his Indian summer in the company of musicians with whom he has been associated...
Reviewed by Libby McPhee in issue: 06/2018
Klaus Tennstedt’s isn’t the first name to come to mind when thinking about Stravinsky’s ballets – granitic Beethoven, Bruckner and...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2018
There’s no question what constitutes the main course here and what the hors d’oeuvres. Stanford’s D major Violin Concerto dates...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2018
The Japanese-born violinist Ayana Tsuji was 18 years old in May 2016 when she won first prize in the Concours...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2018
I doubt whether many in the audience at the premiere of Pettersson’s Seventh Symphony (1966 67), 50 years ago this...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2018
Recordings of Luigi Nono have increasingly focused on his highly introspective late music, which makes this disc featuring two of...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2018
Josef Mysliveček (1737 81) seems to have been quite a fellow. A close friend of the Mozarts and a major...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2018
The booklet gives no birth date for John McLeod but the composer’s biography dives straight in with the impetus behind...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2018
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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