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 disc is an unofficial sequel to British pianist John Tilbury’s album ‘For Tomasz Sikorski’, which I reviewed in Gramophone’s...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 11/2016
This disc is aptly titled. In terms of their playing, Belgians Roeland Hendrikx and Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort tackle standards of the...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2016
Despite their title, Antonio Soler’s Seis Conciertos de dos organos obligados are most definitely works for two harpsichords. All but...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2016
These national stereotypes are nothing if not persistent. In direct contrast to the cool, tight, conscientious tone offered by Baiba...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2016
By my reckoning the Quatuor Debussy have now recorded eight of the 15 Shostakovich quartets, and they sound fully at...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2016
Three leading period instrumentalists play three of the finest chamber works of the early 19th century, and the disc is...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2016
Here are two different takes on much-loved Mozart scores, both with fair claims to authenticity. One is an arrangement of...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2016
Listening first time around to pianist Oliver Triendl and the Vogler Quartet in the great Dvořák (second) Piano Quintet I...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2016
Recordings of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas have been appearing at a steady rate (once a year on average) over the last...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2016
With this new release, Gautier Capuçon and his regular pianist Frank Braley enter a field crowded with stellar performances from...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2016
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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