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...
Gerhard Poppe’s booklet-notes for this disc paint a picture of Antonio Caldara that is more strictly truthful than enticing –...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2017
His passing may have gone largely unnoticed but Philip Cannon (1929-2016) was a highly respected figure still to receive his...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2017
There is an ecumenical irony to the appearance of this German Requiem, in Reformation anniversary year, from a seat of...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2017
Comparisons can be odious but are sometimes inevitable. For donkey’s years it has been possible to pick up at a...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017
It’s not long since Anna Netrebko’s ‘Verismo’ appeared (DG, 10/16), and Angela Gheorghiu has just announced a return to the...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2017
Notwithstanding several spelling errors in the track-listing on Aparté’s back cover, this recital album’s intelligent variety of dramatic atmospheres give...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017
Milan’s famous Teatro alla Scala was inaugurated on August 3, 1778 with a production of Salieri’s new serious opera Europa...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017
Hard on the heels of Fedra (1/17) comes another Paisiello opera from Dynamic. Are we on the verge of a...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2017
There has to be a certain fascination in seeing Puccini’s Turandot performed by an all-Chinese cast in Beijing. Chen Xinyi’s...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2017
There’s a great deal to admire in this release, the realisation of a long cherished idea for Diana Damrau. It’s...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2017
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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