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...
Stéphane Denève’s recorded legacy from the time he was at the helm of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra is primarily...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2016
Brave is the soul who dares to allow him or herself to be compared to the great Mozart pianists of...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2016
These two works by the Azerbaijani composer Faradzh Karaev (b1943) date from 2004 (Violin Concerto) and 2009 (Vingt ans après...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 06/2016
Originally fashioned as a test piece for the 1932 National Brass Band Championships, John Ireland’s A Downland Suite (expertly retooled...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2016
The name of the Norwegian Ørjan Matre (b1979) should be familiar to British audiences following last year’s Proms performance of...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2016
‘Clear cut and faultless’ was Brahms’s judgement on Karl Goldmark’s Rustic Wedding Symphony, first performed in 1876. Though its bucolicism...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2016
These days we remember Czerny principally as a student and friend of Beethoven and a composer of numerous piano studies....
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2016
The third disc in Johannes Wildner’s Braunfels series with the BBC Concert Orchestra contains the first recordings of the Prelude...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2016
This set of the nine symphonies derives from two cycles given in the Berlin Philharmonie in October 2015. Subscribers to...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 06/2016
Although I would hesitate to grant this flexible and generally well-recorded live performance of the Second Violin Concerto top-of-league status,...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan 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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