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...
There’s been a surge of interest in French chamber songs of late, and Katherine Broderick’s new Champs Hill recital shares...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2016
A successful boy treble is every record label’s nightmare. No sooner does your artist reach his peak than he is...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2016
Discoveries don’t come much more rewarding than Vaughan Williams’s Three Nocturnes. Dating from 1908 (the year of his tutelage with...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2016
With Spem in alium (or, in its English guise, Sing and glorify), The Cardinall’s Musick conclude their Tallis explorations in...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2016
The arrival of a new disc by the Latvian Radio Choir is always guaranteed to quicken the reviewer’s pulse. They...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 11/2016
If &cetera is not a name that rings a bell, it’s because this is a relatively new period ensemble, founded...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2016
One of the sad things about Josquin research is that works are judged spurious – or even just possibly spurious...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 11/2016
Ambitious ensemble works such as Nuun and operas including Fama, Begehren and Westenbuch (recorded on Kairos, along with as much...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2016
The St Thomas Choir of Men & Boys take John Rutter’s edition of Fauré’s 1893 score as the basis for...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2016
This fascinating disc finds Javier Perianes and flamenco singer Estrella Morente shedding new light on the influence of Spanish folksong...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley 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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