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HANDEL–OPERA SERIA

By on February 16, 2006 in
This arguably is the best Handel aria recording ever made by a soprano, and that's acknowledging the fine efforts of singers such ...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5/Masur

By on February 8, 2006 in
Like other conductors before him (most notably Karajan), Kurt Masur plays the introduction to Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 as if i...

Beethoven: Quartets Nos. 5 & 6/Mosaiques

By on November 25, 2005 in
Continuing along the path set by its very good recording of Beethoven's Op. 18 Nos. 1 and 4, Quatuor Mosaïques offers even finer ...

Beethoven: String quartets Nos. 1 & 4/Mosaiques

By on November 10, 2005 in
Quatuor Mosaïques' large-scaled, warm-hearted approach to Beethoven's early quartets echoes that of Quartetto Italiano and the Vl...

Beethoven: Sonatas/Say

By on October 30, 2005 in
A friend of mine once likened a particularly metronomic performance of Beethoven's Appassionata to a man being pursued by hornets....

Beethoven: Piano & Cello works

By on August 13, 2005 in
The clean, vivid, and simpatico teamwork cellist Anne Gastinel and pianist François-Frederic Guy bring to Beethoven is a joy to e...

Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Haitink

By on July 12, 2005 in
Who said "live" was better? Here's a sloppy, pathetic performance of Mahler's Fifth that ought never to have been released, partic...

Schoenberg: Choral works/Accentus

By on June 17, 2005 in
You never get the impression that Arnold Schoenberg was a happy composer, and nowhere is the lack of joy more evident than in his ...

LA CASA DEL DIAVOLO

By on May 10, 2005 in
This positively putrid collection reveals Il giardino armonico as the Gangsta Rappers of the period-instrument movement. They have...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5/Matacic

By on April 20, 2005 in
Lovro von Matacic recorded this symphony commercially for Supraphon with the Czech Philharmonic, in the bizarre Schalk edition wit...