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 CD is considerably enriched by Bine Bryndorf’s detailed and informative booklet-notes. Another plus point is that she plays the...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 04/2017
It’s questionable whether Mozart intended his C minor Fantasy, K475, to be yoked with the C minor Sonata, K457, in...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 04/2017
So far as I can see, this is the first time that Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836) has graced these pages....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2017
The lyrical refinement that typifies Imogen Cooper’s finest recordings suits this selection of Liszt original works and transcriptions. She may...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017
Nowadays two distinct approaches to the music of Liszt prevail among pianists. One group views the published scores as more...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 04/2017
The first disc in this three-disc set was released separately in 2014 and I reviewed it in these pages. I...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 04/2017
Tchaikovsky’s judgement that Glinka was the acorn from which the oak of Russian music grew rests on the orchestral Kamarinskaya...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2017
As with her 2013 ECM solo debut (1/14), Momo Kodama’s follow-up for the label aims to bridge cross-cultural influences between...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017
Poor Carl Czerny! Despite his pivotal position, being both a pupil of Beethoven and a teacher of Liszt, his reputation...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 04/2017
Angela Brownridge’s robust and colourful pianism will quickly quash anyone’s mental image of Chopin as weak and tubercular. However, like...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017
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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