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...
From the sound you might expect this performance by the Czech violinist Pavel porcl to be a straightforward period-instrument recording....
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 02/2016
Collectors of a certain age may look askance at the packaging (there are no fewer than five photographs of the...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 02/2016
The fact that Mahler’s Ninth no longer presents a fierce challenge to orchestras and their musicians can bring losses as...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2011
To date Knappertsbusch has been represented in Lohengrin only sporadically on disc. This new discovery still provides a late throw...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2016
This is the third instalment in François-Frédéric Guy’s traversal of Beethoven and the first to delve into the chamber music....
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2016
Is there a less fashionable genre than the part-song? Despite attempts by the likes of Britten, Moeran and Finzi to...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2016
The booklet-writer does his best but it is not easy to work Britten’s The Holy Sonnets of John Donne into...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2016
The discography of the air de cour, though not huge, is very distinguished, and Le Poème Harmonique have contributed to...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2016
This disc from Poland consists of a pleasant mixture of French cantatas and instrumental pieces which can be enjoyed as...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2016
Anthracite Fields is the Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio for choir and six-piece amplified ensemble (specifically the Bang on a Can All-Stars)...
Reviewed by Kate Molleson in issue: 01/2016
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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