Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALYunchan Lim’s Chopin Études aspires to a narrative unlike any other recording.Walter Pater once wrote that all art aspires to the condition of music; for Yunchan Lim the opposite may be true. For this pianist…Apr 23Apr 23
Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALBruckner from Japan: Nishiwaki conducts the SeventhDer Ring Tokyo Orchestra and Yoshinori Nishiwaki play Bruckner’s Nr.7Dec 1, 2021Dec 1, 2021
Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALVenables: Two Operas — Denis & Katya & 4.48 PsychosisPhilip Venables: Denis & Katya teenage suicide and audience complicityDec 1, 2021Dec 1, 2021
Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALNHK Symphony Orchestra in LondonRachmaninoff Deconstructed: A collision of Power and ArtFeb 27, 2020Feb 27, 2020
Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALA new recording of Henze’s Das Floß der Mudusa…it has taken half a century for a second recording to appear, and this work now seems more relevant than ever.Oct 21, 2019Oct 21, 2019
Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALA striking Mahler 8 from Japanunquestionably the finest Mahler Eighth yet to emerge from Japan. Much of it is simply electrifying.Oct 21, 2019Oct 21, 2019
Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALPetrenko’s Berlin Tchaikovsky Sixth…there is much in Petrenko’s performance to find wonting, and that includes an orchestra which is not in any sense superior to either…Oct 14, 20191Oct 14, 20191
Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALElgar from OsakaThere is nothing especially radical or revolutionary with what Otaka does with the A flat major, but Exton’s engineering is of such clarityOct 14, 2019Oct 14, 2019
Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALDavid Tudor, Stockhausen KlavierstückeStockhausen has described his Klavierstücke as his “drawings”. In a sense, this has always struck me as an interesting description because…Jun 5, 2019Jun 5, 2019
Marc BridleinLUZIFER’S SPIRALKarlheinz Stockhausen: Donnerstag aus Licht, LondonThere is a clear argument for suggesting that what Stockhausen does in his Licht operas is to ritualise the concert experience.Jun 5, 2019Jun 5, 2019
