While there is much to admire here–much–I am startled by the extraordinary press Anna Netrebko is getting. She has been called “a miracle”; it is
Astrid Varnay was the leading Wagnerian soprano in the years between Kirsten Flagstad and Birgit Nilsson. This Original Masters set featuring recordings made between 1954
Maurizio Pollini has made some of the most absorbing Beethoven recordings around, such as the Third and Fourth concertos (with Karl Böhm) and the Op.
DG continues its protracted CD release of Rafael Kubelik’s 1970s Beethoven Symphony cycle–a series unique for its use of nine different orchestras from Europe and
In the main, Yundi Li’s Liszt recital proves far more interesting and absorbing than his relatively faceless Chopin debut disc. There’s marvelous playing throughout, along
Leonard Bernstein’s Late Mozart Symphony recordings come from the 1980s when the market was deluged with “authentic” and “period” style offerings from the likes of
This is an easy call. No less a figure than Donald Francis Tovey declared that from the performer’s standpoint The Art of Fugue is undeniably
In celebration of James Levine’s 60th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon has assembled a handsome collection of the conductor’s recordings featuring the four orchestras with which he
Trevor Pinnock’s memorable 1970s/’80s solo Bach recordings for the Archiv label add up to a well-filled entry in Universal’s budget-priced Trio series. No substantial interpretive
This set collects Herbert von Karajan’s renowned DG Sibelius symphony recordings of Nos. 4-7 together with Okko Kamu’s less celebrated but no less worthy renditions