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...
Although he has had ‘portrait’ releases on Col Legno (12/12) and last year on the Bastille Musique label, this is...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2023
Disillusioned in his Leipzig day job, two recent job applications rejected, grieving over the premature death of his son Gottfried...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2023
After a flurry of releases underlining the major talent that was Grażyna Bacewicz, perhaps this no-less-admirable contribution from Sakari Oramo...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2023
Contemporary Finnish guitar concertos may not make the top 10 of anyone’s playlist in a hurry. But if these three...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 12/2023
I heard Steven Osborne performing Debussy’s Études live at a Wigmore Hall lunchtime concert last year, so my expectations for...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2023
Violinist Dawn Wohn paid tribute to nine female composers on her debut album, ‘Perspectives’, in 2019. This second is another...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 12/2023
Joan Tower is such a congenial, straightforward presence, one easily forgets that her complex compositional personality predates the full-fledged American...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2023
Composers draw inspiration from myriad sources in their efforts to create distinctive narratives. The eclectic works on this album of...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 12/2023
This beautifully recorded new set of Beethoven’s piano trios with violinist Mark Kaplan, cellist Peter Stumpf and pianist Yael Weiss...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 12/2023
Ekaterina Siurina first came to prominence more than two decades ago as a coloratura soprano, much admired for her Gilda,...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2023
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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