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...
Il Gardellino have been stepping out beyond their original Baroque wind specialism of late: they’ve devoted a few recent recordings...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2016
All the markers for success are there in the first few minutes of the symphony: the expectant silence surrounding the...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2016
A premiere recording of a major orchestral work by Arthur Sullivan in the year 2016? Incredibly, this generously filled set...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2016
There is an interesting discrepancy between Alisa Weilerstein’s image and that of the two Shostakovich concertos. She is marketed photographically...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2016
Perhaps surprisingly for a conductor so steeped in the operatic repertoire, the more abstract world of Schumann’s symphonies seems a...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2016
Steve Reich has argued forcefully and persistently that the lightness of ensemble touch required to float a piece such as...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 10/2016
Marin Alsop adds to the recent spate of Sixths with a curiously low-voltage performance. Her overall timings suggest that she...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 10/2016
These recordings were made during a 2015 tour celebrating the 40th birthday of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the 25th...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2016
As a showcase of Mozart’s works featuring a solo oboe, this should serve well enough. Frank de Bruine has long...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2016
As they did in concert, the London Symphony Orchestra offer Mendelssohn’s first and second thoughts for the third movement of...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2016
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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