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...
Igor Levit’s late Beethoven sonatas (11/13) and Bach Partitas (10/14) on Sony Classical have already made bold declarations of his...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2015
Following a collection of historic Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and the taking-over of the soundtracks from the four-director Stuttgart anniversary cycle,...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2015
A fantasy Peking is transported to Bregenz Festival’s lakeside setting for Marco Arturo Marelli’s new production of Turandot. Terracotta Warriors,...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2015
It is no mean feat to produce a Handel opera aria recital containing two of Cleopatra’s most popular showpieces (‘Piangerò...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
Handel’s only Venetian opera was the triumphant climax to his extended grand tour around Italy. Recorded live at the Göttingen...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
Cavalli composed more than 30 operas for five different Venetian theatres, and most of the scores survive. Recordings of complete...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2015
Fabio Biondi’s recording of I Capuleti e i Montecchi is the first to appear on period instruments. Caught in the...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2015
There’s a moment of provocative, eye-meeting loveliness on this recording from Ralph Allwood’s Rodolfus Choir that singlehandedly makes the case...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2015
If you’re casting around for musical inspiration, you could do a lot worse than Carlo Gesualdo. A 16th-century prince and...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2015
Jeffrey Skidmore is not the first musician to be charmed by the cultural riches and musical heritage of Brazil, and...
Reviewed by Edward Breen 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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