Reviews
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Big Boxes: Haitink’s Early, Hit and Miss Bruckner
Philips (now Decca) had a chance to assemble a really […]
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CD From Hell: Harnoncourt Gives Bruckner 8 “The Treatment”
This live recording represents Harnoncourt at his Harnoncourtiest. The mannered […]
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Bruckner from Haitink: Symphonies Nos. 6 (Very Good) & 7 (Just Fair)
The number of Bernard Haitink’s Bruckner recordings sometimes seems as […]
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Big Boxes: Bernstein Conducts Vocal Works–and How!
Words matter. That is the primary impression produced by this […]
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References Revisited: Bernstein’s Vienna Beethoven Cycle
Some performances age like 80s fashion. Case in point: Leonard […]
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Features
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Tim Page on Richard Strauss and His Metamorphosen
Read More: Tim Page on Richard Strauss and His Metamorphosen“The most terrible period of human history is at an end, a 12 year reign of bestiality, ignorance and anti-culture under the greatest criminals, during…
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DANIEL OKRENT’S NEW BIOGRAPHY “STEPHEN SONDHEIM: ART ISN’T EASY”
Read More: DANIEL OKRENT’S NEW BIOGRAPHY “STEPHEN SONDHEIM: ART ISN’T EASY”STEPHEN SONDHEIM: ART ISN’T EASY By Daniel Okrent Yale University Press (Jewish Lives) Stephen Sondheim’s shows never ran as long or as widely as “Cats,”…
