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...
In the interview accompanying the Eighth Symphony, Paavo Järvi confesses that its first part is ‘not my favourite music’ and,...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2015
Apart from Taras Bulba, one of Janáček’s more straightforward works and one given a strong and eloquent performance here, Vol...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 07/2015
Rumon Gamba’s d’Indy series – this is the final instalment – has done much to illuminate the complexities surrounding one...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2015
In his vivid booklet-note (one of the best I have read for a long while, both informative and entertaining), Peter...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07
Giovanni Antonini’s ‘Haydn 2032’ project continues in the same vein as Vol 1 (3/15), with a selection of symphonies from...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2015
How good to see Haydn’s Sinfonia concertante given star billing. Usually it’s used as a filler, often to a ‘London’...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2015
It takes a brave man to record the Grieg Piano Concerto with the spectres of pianists such as Lipatti, Michelangeli,...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2015
Regarding Dvořák’s Concerto, the obvious first-stop comparison is with Frank Peter Zimmermann’s 2013 recording, also with the Czech Philharmonic under...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2015
Listeners to this attractive CD need to know from the outset that what they are hearing is only partly Delalande...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 07/2015
The first two instalments of Trevor Pinnock’s series with the RAM Soloists Ensemble featured whole Austro-German symphonies arranged in chamber...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2015
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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