This is a bright, lively, and bracing performance of Beethoven’s massive quartet, made so by the inclusion of the optional Grosse Fugue Op. 133 as
England’s Joachim Trio–violinist Rebecca Hirsch, cellist Caroline Dearnley, and pianist John Lenehan–had a very strong start in its first volume of Dvorák’s four extant piano
I don’t know exactly who Peter Breiner is, but he has no business touching Albeniz’s masterpiece. There’s a fine “complete” orchestral version on Telarc that
The highlight of Volume 3 of this Naxos series devoted to the concerto recordings of Fritz Kreisler is an extraordinary 1915 (yes, I really do
Georg Tintner’s generally excellent survey of the complete Bruckner symphonies for Naxos reaches a peak with this exceptional performance of the Seventh. What makes Tintner
On January 16, 1770, as revolution was brewing in England’s North American colonies, “an extract from Mr. Handel’s Grand Oratorio, called the Messiah, consisting of
This astonishing disc contains three works by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), works that represent the three major stages in his career. Even though
Alan Rawsthorne’s 1938 Symphonic Studies (his “concerto for orchestra” in all but name) was the work that first brought him to note as one of
This bizarrely plotted potboiler almost never fails if the singing has enough thrills, and this set, the first Gioconda ever recorded, is certainly thrilling. The
Arthur Rubinstein’s pioneering Chopin Polonaise cycle from the 1930s may not be as disciplined or scrupulous to the text as his LP-era remakes, yet the