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Nikolaus Harnoncourt has established himself as a noteworthy interpreter of Viennese light music through his previous recordings on Teldec, and while there’s little here that
These four spectacular suites clearly demonstrate the qualities that make Korngold’s film music valuable away from the screen and worthy of concert performance. First, he
Giya Kancheli employs extreme contrasts to vividly illustrate the realms of life and death as separated by the mythological river Styx. After a ferociously grim
For a singer to begin a recital disc with Sesto’s aria “Parto, parto” from Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito is a bold statement: the aria
Having enjoyed this performance for many years in its LP incarnation, rehearing it on CD brings a measure of disappointment. All three soloists sing very
Messiaen’s organ works run like a golden thread through his career, from its beginnings right up to its end. They thus offer the best way
I’m going to go out on a limb and call this the finest Brahms concerto since Heifetz/Reiner or Oistrakh/Klemperer (or Szell), and it’s all the
Olivier Messiaen remains one of the luckiest composers on discs. His works are all widely performed and recorded by dedicated artists prepared to do them
It’s much easier to perform music that’s close to our time; the further into the past you go, the more difficult it becomes… says violinist
Normally you’d expect a performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto’s first movement lasting 27 minutes and nine seconds to be on the slow side. Timings,
