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...
Domenico Annibali (c1705-c1779) was employed at the Dresden court opera from 1730 until his retirement in 1764 – but from...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2016
Perhaps still more known as an early music and Lieder singer, Maximilian Schmitt has made a pertinent selection for his...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05/2016
You can rely on Eduard Hanslick to get the wrong end of the stick. ‘Close to the dangerous borderline of...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2016
Metastasio’s librettos dominated the opera stages of Europe for most of the 18th century, and one of his most popular...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2016
Up until this month, Handel’s 1736 Arminio was one of a very select club among the composer’s operas – those...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2016
Carmen: a tale of passion played out in sultry Seville. Francesca Zambello’s Royal Opera production provides many of the ingredients:...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2016
Barenboim’s long association with, and love for, Elgar has effectively made it part of his musical DNA. He understands its...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2016
Mark Elder presides over a strikingly lissom and cogent account of the mighty Fifth. Not only do the Hallé respond...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2016
As far as I can see, this is the first appearance of Witold Maliszewski’s music in these pages. Briefly, he...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2016
There can’t be many more exuberantly inventive or sheerly enjoyable orchestral showpieces than Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra. Written for Witold...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2016
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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