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...
Allan Pettersson’s reputation rests still, mostly, on his sequence of large-scale, immensely powerful symphonies. His songs – particularly the 24...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW23
If I wanted to give a novice a first taste of Korngold’s chamber music, I’d play them the opening of...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW23
Full disclosure. These are two of my favourite chamber works, even if the Piano Quintet in D minor, Op 74,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW23
Enescu wasn’t sure that his massive String Octet of 1900 was a chamber work at all. He was happy for...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW23
As with Shostakovich and his string quartets, there are no really early Dvořák piano trios. The First Trio in B...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW23
The discography of the Russian Georgy Catoire (Katuar, if we wanted to re-Russify him) is still disappointingly meagre, but at...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW23
The booklet for this recording describes Johannes Leertouwer as ‘a violinist, conductor, researcher and pedagogue’, and Julian Reynolds as ‘a...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW23
Stephen Sensbach documented the abundant literature of French cello sonatas in a comprehensive study (Lilliput Press: 2001), invaluable for cellists...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW23
The keyword here, perhaps, is ‘complete’. Beethoven’s ‘Complete Chamber Music with Flute’ is predominantly early, some is of dubious provenance...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW23
This is, quite simply, a delightful recording. Robert King, who plays harpsichord and chamber organ throughout, has ‘repurposed’ JS Bach’s...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: AW23
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
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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