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We’ve reached the point where there’s no longer anything novel or revelatory about a period-performance Beethoven Ninth Symphony, and about the only thing interesting about
Since his atrocious recording of Bach’s B minor Mass, it’s been difficult to take Marc Minkowski seriously, and unfortunately this new release only adds fuel
This two-disc set is a superb collection of choral works by 20th and 21st century Scandinavian composers, reaching back to Sibelius and other notables born
There’s a big difference between authenticity with respect to circumstance and being true to the work in question. This release offers a case in point.
There are many very good recordings of this music, but few truly great ones, and even fewer that make the music sound new (and old–more
Times are great for fans of mezzos and contraltos, especially ones who perform song recitals as well as opera and oratorio roles. And among today’s
Having just accidentally happened upon a 1949 recording of this opera led by Helmut Koch that presented it as a dirge beyond compare, I was
Everything about this performance of Dvorák’s Ninth is bad: the concept, the conducting, and the playing. First, the concept: the very idea of Dvorák on
David Greilsammer’s “Fantasie_Fantasme” program assembles two centuries-worth of diverse piano compositions in a mirror-like progression. Mozart’s C minor Fantasy K. 475 is the centerpiece, sandwiched
François-Frédéric Guy’s robust approach not only enlivens Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto but lifts it out of the quasi-period setting created by Philippe Jordan and the
