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...
Why has the music of John Sheppard remained comparatively neglected, while works by near-contemporaries Taverner, Tallis, Tye and White have...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2017
A considered exposé of Purcell’s still woefully under-exposed genius is always welcome, especially one as varied and intelligent as Andrew...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 08/2017
Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756) was maestro di cappella of Bologna’s prestigious San Petronio for nearly 60 years but moonlighted occasionally....
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2017
Across the 11 works on this three-disc set, which don’t sit too happily under the title ‘Complete Works for Ensemble...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2017
Ståle Kleiberg’s Mass for the Modern Man deals with pertinent questions surrounding the role of Christian faith in contemporary society...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2017
Handel composed very little music on texts in his native German tongue. The most notable examples are settings of poetry...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2017
There is probably no such thing as the perfect Gerontius. Every recording is flawed in some way. Even the classic...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2017
Hanns Eisler’s songs have been reasonably well represented on disc, not least with high-profile recordings from Matthias Goerne (including the...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2017
For her second solo album, the British mezzo Kitty Whately has set down authoritative accounts of what is billed as...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2017
As Masaaki Suzuki and his experienced Japanese colleagues traverse the remaining secular cantatas in the series, the question arises as...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 08/2017
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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