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No composer wrote so extensively and rewardingly for the piano To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
Collectors may have come across Kent Nagano’s live Montréal Beethoven symphony recordings as individual releases on Sony Classical that lasted in the catalog for about
What has happened to the reputation and legacies of Arthur To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
Wilhelm Backhaus recorded Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas in mono for To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
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No composer wrote so extensively and rewardingly for the piano To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
What has happened to the reputation and legacies of Arthur To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Wilhelm Backhaus recorded Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas in mono for To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
These works have been well served on disc, from the To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
This particular release is the re-reissue of these performances; the […]
In general, Copland was not an especially compelling conductor, even […]
Collectors may have come across Kent Nagano’s live Montréal Beethoven symphony recordings as individual releases on Sony Classical that lasted in the catalog for about
This is “meat and potatoes” repertoire for a conductor like Andrew Litton, and he doesn’t disappoint. He has the Colorado Symphony playing at the top
Cedille has reissued this coupling of Ives and Copland piano sonatas at mid-price, an idea that hopefully will introduce a new crop of music lovers
The centerpiece of this very interesting and well-planned recital consists of a dynamite performance of Alkan’s blisteringly difficult Sonate de concert for cello and piano.
Alkan’s chamber music deserves much more attention: It’s a crime that terrific works like his Sonate de concert for cello and piano have almost no
If you’d like to access the full scope of Alkan’s quirky style in bite-sized proportions rather than piling into the Concerto for Solo Piano, Les
The Greatest Recordings EVER! Sibelius' Kullervo Symphony
Sibelius: Kullervo. Soloists, Helsinki University Chorus, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (BIS)
The Cannes Classical Awards: What Killed the One Truly Fair, International Classical Recording Prize
Here is the brief tale of what really happened during the ten years or so that I chaired the Cannes Classical Awards, held annually at the MIDEM convention in France during the 1990s and 2000s.
Repertoire: The Haydn Symphony CRUSADE! (No. 98)
Symphony No. 98 in B-flat Major
This is one of Haydn's longest symphonies, extremely rich in captivating thematic ideas, and likely a tribute to his best friend--Mozart--whose untimely death occurred just at the time of its composition.
Musical Examples courtesy of Naxos Records.
What's Going On At Alpha Records?
Launched as a boutique independent label recording obscure French baroque and early music, Alpha seems poised to become a major force, recording symphony cycles by Haydn, Mahler and Shostakovich--and lots of other stuff.
Review: Pollini's 62-CD Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings
Great Pollini is generally earlier Pollini, but even so this iconic artist survived the inevitable depredations of old age better than most, and throughout his career gave us remarkable recordings of Schubert, Chopin, Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Mozart, Debussy and quite a few others. If you already have the 58-CD 2017 DG Edition, you don't need this, but if you missed that earlier release and care about the piano repertoire, get this latest set while you can.
Kletzki and Klenau (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)
Two conductor/composers named Paul, one (Paul Kletzki) vastly better known than the other (Paul von Klenau), next to each other in the Overflow Room.
This year’s Tanglewood on Parade, a much-anticipated tradition that dates to 1940, will celebrate the life and legacy
April 24, 2024—GRAMMY®-winning production house PARMA Recordings announced today its acquisition of Albany Records. The classical label is
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada—The Festival of the Sound is celebrating big this summer with an incredible line-up of
