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...
When the composer William Petter died in 2016 he was just 34 years old. This first collection of his choral...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2017
‘Arvo Pärt Live’ covers a broader area than BR-Klassik’s previous release of Pärt’s Te Deum (7/15), ranging from the early,...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 07/2017
The coupling is a time-honoured one: two of Mozart’s best-loved church works from the end of his Salzburg career. No...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2017
This is a Vespers to catch attention, that’s for sure: La Compagnia del Madrigale, so well esteemed for their recordings...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2017
The breadth and variety of the catalogue for these three great Mahler song groups is such that any new recording...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2017
Tassis Christoyannis and Jeff Cohen continue their survey of the lesser-known French song repertory with this splendid disc of mélodies...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2017
The reputation of Johann Joseph Fux suffers from the fact that he was the author of one of the most...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2017
Over almost five decades of composing, Brian Elias has created an output which, if not large (his publisher’s catalogue currently...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2017
For the latest instalment of Naxos’s traversal of Dvořák’s choral works, Antoni Wit directs two of Spain’s most venerable and...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2017
For many, Erik Bergman was responsible for freeing Finnish music from its post-Sibelius stasis; for opening the country up to...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2017
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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