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...
This is a treasure trove of rare music, much of which must surely be receiving first recordings. Baroque opera has...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2018
Not usually a paragon of moderation or elegance, Bo Skovhus has continued his traversal of Schubert Lieder with a Winterreise...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2018
The Vasari Singers join an ever-expanding field with this new recording of a work that was once considered very exotic...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2017
With a half-Tchaikovsky, half-Rachmaninov programme, a Russian singer with an Anglo-friendly voice plus an even better pianist, this set is...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2018
Five world premieres and a beautifully constructed programme make this disc from Suzi Digby and London chamber choir Voce rather...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2018
Liszt’s songs were all originally written for high or middle voices, and there has been a tendency of late, as...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2017
The Mass settings of Kodály and Poulenc were composed within six years of each other (1937-42), and with mixed choirs...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018
Robert Hugill’s name may be familiar as the author of the classical music blog Planet Hugill, but he is also...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017
Choral music forms a not insignificant aspect of Henze’s output, these three cycles offering a viable (if inevitably partial) overview...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2017
Handel for viola da gamba? Well yes, there is some, mainly from his early years in Italy, including obbligato parts...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2018
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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