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...
This release should be about several things: primarily Simon Rattle’s freshly confirmed artistic relationship with the LSO – this is...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW2015
Yes, the three of them do fit. It might seem an obvious piece of programming to bring together the three...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: AW2015
This mouth-watering programme of well-known anthems and unfamiliar works has the added attraction of new brass arrangements by Grayston Ives...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: AW2015
If you’ve never heard of Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804), I sympathise. One of music history’s forgotten men, he was revered...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2015
It was Johann Herbeck who had initially dismissed Bruckner’s F minor Mass as ‘too long and unsingable’, which is rich...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW2015
The harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham and her ensemble London Early Opera are not to be confused with Christian Curnyn’s longer-established Early...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2015
The Mark Morris Dance Company’s production of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato has toured all over the world...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2015
Bob Chilcott is the master of musical pragmatism, making the absolute most of limited forces and abilities. If that sounds...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW2015
Soile Isokoski has turned to the French repertoire for her latest album, and in some respects one wishes she had...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: AW2015
Hyperion’s Brahms song survey reaches its sixth volume with this release and also alights, in Ian Bostridge, on a singer...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW2015
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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