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...
Much admired in his lifetime, Lalo’s concertante works still form the basis of his reputation thanks to the abiding popularity...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2016
It’s always a pleasure when, like Fry’s Five Boys Chocolate (if you’re old enough to remember), realisation exceeds anticipation. From...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2016
Ibert always claimed he followed no compositional schools or aesthetic movements, though his reputation is hampered by charges of eclecticism,...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2016
Haydn was a somewhat prolific composer (and performer) of operas for his Esterházy patrons. Ever modest, he nevertheless knew the...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2016
After rubbing your eyes and maybe even hitting your forehead with the palm of your hand a few times to...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2016
Enrique Granados was a victim of the Great War: drowned with his wife in March 1916 after his ferry was...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2016
Ernst von Gemmingen cuts an intriguing figure. Born in 1759, he was a violin-playing German aristocrat who combined a series...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2016
Big-boned and big-hearted, Dvořák’s late symphonic music has found a good match in the Houston Symphony – on the whole....
Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 05/2016
It’s no surprise that the Zurich-born cellist Christian Poltéra is a chamber music devotee. Even his big soloistic statements are...
Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 05/2016
This probably doesn’t need comparisons, it was suggested when I was offered this disc to review. How true: what would...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith 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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