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...
Reynaldo Hahn is best known for his songs, his operettas and his relationship with Marcel Proust: the two were lovers...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2015
Tchaikovsky Competition winner and Rostropovich pupil Geringas makes a muscular and forthright impression in the Grieg Sonata, close to the...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 09/2015
The Brahms Quintet treats the clarinet as a member of a five-part ensemble rather than as a lone voice set...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 09/2015
Jacqueline du Pré was only 23 when she recorded her heady account of the Brahms cello sonatas. But this new...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2015
The Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes were Biber’s first published works, issued in 1676 in Salzburg, where the 32-year-old...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 09/2015
This brilliant young ensemble, formed from members of the Southbank Sinfonia in 2008, made a strong impact in their debut...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 09/2015
Anyone who has heard a classical Viennese fortepiano live will know that it’s not an especially strong instrument; recordings, however,...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 09/2015
With Haydn, Mozart and Schubert under their belt, it was only a matter of time before the Jerusalem Quartet turned...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2015
A couple of years after the centenary of the infamous first performance of The Rite of Spring we have a...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2015
Gidon Kremer is one of those rare musicians capable of illuminating a new work in such a way as to...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2015
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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