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...
Zachary Gordin and his regular recital partner, Bryan Nies, opt for Hahn for their first album together, strikingly programmed, if,...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2018
Right underneath Jeffrey LaDeur’s name on the CD booklet’s back is the name of the piano technician, Christopher Johnson, yet...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2017
Baudelaire’s ‘L’invitation au voyage’ and Goethe’s ‘Kennst du das Land’ are the starting points for Mary Bevan and Joseph Middleton’s...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2018
‘It’s hard not to reminisce at this stage of my life and career, now that I have been singing, one...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2017
Once praised for its perfection by Michael Praetorius, the 1624 Hans Scherer organ of St Stephan of Tangermünde is one...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2018
Given that Thomas Hampson’s discography includes several distinguished recordings of French opera, it comes as something of a surprise to...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2018
John Dowland’s songs have been a touchstone in the career of soprano Emma Kirkby, revisited at every stage of her...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2018
Michael Nyman’s soundtrack to Prospero’s Books – director Peter Greenaway’s 1991 postmodern homage to Shakespeare’s The Tempest – remains one...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2018
A symphony in pink and blue, the candy-coloured hardback book is enough to give you toothache. The irrepressible Cecilia Bartoli...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2018
Well over six hours long, this series now surpasses The Sixteen’s as the largest discographic survey ever devoted to the...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2017
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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