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...
Flamboyance and intelligence don’t always go hand in hand, though Max Emanuel Cencic possesses both qualities in spades. The photographs...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2015
György Ligeti’s Piano Concerto (1985‑88) has been threatening to transform itself into a modern composition lollipop and I, for one,...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 12/2015
As word began to trickle out from Fort Worth during the 2013 Van Cliburn Competition, her name kept coming up:...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2015
Developed and then fine-tuned in Leipzig over the last decade, Chailly.2 really does come with a different operating system. Briskly...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2015
Manfred Honeck has been looked on with favour in these columns since the late 1980s, when he directed a fine...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2015
Gianandrea Noseda’s Casella reappraisal for Chandos, among his most significant achievements to date, has radically shifted our perspectives on one...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2015
Metastasio’s serenata Il re pastore was devised for the domestic amusement of the Habsburgs at Schönbrunn in 1751. It had...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
The glowing textures of Harris’s classic anthem Faire is the heaven give way to an exuberant and rhythmically incisive account...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/2015
On the evening of February 23, 1653, the Ballet Royal de la Nuit was performed at the Louvre for the...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
On paper, this first foray into French territory by one of today’s star pianists looks promising. The Tonhalle Orchestra was...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2015
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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