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...
Conducting the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, of which he is Artistic Director for Life, in his native Tallinn, Neeme Järvi...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2024
Dvořák would probably be accused of cultural appropriation these days, but the critic Louis Ehlert took an altogether more generous...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2024
Another Schumann/Grieg concertos coupling, anyone? After Lipatti, Kovacevich and countless others, what does this new one have to offer? Well,...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2024
From the outset these 12 concertos have always been beyond borders – created for diverse occasions in Rome, revised by...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2024
‘The sound of groaning cellos’ was how Stéphane Mallarmé evoked the Paris home of Ernest Chausson, though he might simply...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2024
When Leopold Nowak’s edition of the original 1873 version of Bruckner’s Third Symphony was published in 1977, there was hope...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2024
A decade ago Herbert Schuch recorded Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with the WDR SO, coupling it with the Piano Concerto...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2024
Visual art and literature are at the core of the three piano cycles featured on Behzod Abduraimov’s latest solo release...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2024
Two things are likely to strike you listening to ‘Perseverance’, Marcus Eley’s new release of African American chamber music. First...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 02/2024
The Empire City Men’s Chorus deliver a poignant and powerful rendition of Nicholas Weininger’s nine-movement cantata, a heartfelt homage to...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 02/2024
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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