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...
‘Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble’: what on earth were they thinking? Your first assumption is that it’s some sort of wordplay, but...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2016
Ensemble Nevermind took the title for their debut disc from Louis-Gabriel Guillemain’s 1743 collection of Sonates en quatuors ou conversations...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 06/2016
Reading Tasmin Little’s account of how the programme of this CD came into being, it is interesting to note that...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 06/2016
The Trio Karénine were joint winners (with the Van Baerle Trio) of the 2013 ARD Competition in Munich. They formed...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2016
Steve Reich’s music is often at its most effective when he writes for different combinations of percussion and/or piano, often...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2016
‘Like Grandma’s oatmeal, Reger is good for you in some unspecified way but difficult to digest.’ Phil Salathé’s witty note...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2016
It’s easy to view Komitas’s life and music through the prism of tragedy. The Armenian musician and monk was one...
Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 06/2016
Having made enjoyable recordings of the Op 2 (c1731) and Op 5 (1739) collections of trio sonatas, it makes perfect...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2016
Is James Ehnes capable of making a sound that isn’t beautiful? If you’ve been following his career you’ll already have...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2016
The two works Chopin wrote for cello and piano at either end of his career are here placed in reverse...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2016
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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