Why is it that so much of this music is neglected today? It’s lively, tuneful, immaculately crafted, fabulously scored (naturally), and it would grace any
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Why is it that so much of this music is neglected today? It’s lively, tuneful, immaculately crafted, fabulously scored (naturally), and it would grace any
Wow! Move over Stokowski! Kees Bakels and his Malaysian players go nuts in the last two minutes of the Russian Easter Overture, cutting the tempo
This is a gorgeous Scheherazade. Not surprisingly, given the fact that this is Beecham’s orchestra a half-dozen years after the great Englishman’s death, the performance
Aside from Scheherazade and a few orchestral showpieces, most of Rimsky-Korsakov’s works are unknown territory for Western music lovers. This well-played program featuring a pair
The spongy, string-dominated opening of this Scheherazade is an immediate turn-off. What happened to the accents? Where are the trombones? (I’ll tell you where: they’re
Reviews
There is no want for recordings of this opera, and
This series continues with an appealing mix of familiar and […]
Rossini’s overtures are so delightful, and so unlike any other […]
Up to now, the standard collection of Rossini overtures has […]
Although the Op. 6 concerti grossi get all the attention […]
This almost unknown, large scale (almost 3 hour) oratorio, The […]
Why is it that so much of this music is neglected today? It’s lively, tuneful, immaculately crafted, fabulously scored (naturally), and it would grace any
Wow! Move over Stokowski! Kees Bakels and his Malaysian players go nuts in the last two minutes of the Russian Easter Overture, cutting the tempo
This is a gorgeous Scheherazade. Not surprisingly, given the fact that this is Beecham’s orchestra a half-dozen years after the great Englishman’s death, the performance
Aside from Scheherazade and a few orchestral showpieces, most of Rimsky-Korsakov’s works are unknown territory for Western music lovers. This well-played program featuring a pair
The spongy, string-dominated opening of this Scheherazade is an immediate turn-off. What happened to the accents? Where are the trombones? (I’ll tell you where: they’re
This, Rossini’s 34th, is his longest and last Italian opera. It is a behemoth–just under four hours of music, with a 10-minute overture, a 25-minute,
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The 5 Greatest Mozart Pianists
The Five Greatest Mozart Pianists
Alicia de Larrocha
Robert Levin
Clara Haskil
Murray Perahia
Lili Kraus
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Review: Paul Lewis's Soulful Schubert--Better Than His Beethoven
Schubert: Various Sonatas and Piano Works. Paul Lewis (piano) Harmonia Mundi (6 CDs)
Review: Jurowvski Does Stravinsky Doing Tchaikovsky, Admirably
Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (excerpts); The Fairy's Kiss (complete ballet). London Philharmoninc Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (cond.) LPO
The Five Greatest R. Strauss Conductors
The Five Greatest R. Strauss Conductors
Georg Solti
Herbert von Karajan
Rudolph Kempe
Karl Böhm
Fritz Reiner
Review: Joubert-Caillet's EPIC Complete Marais Pièces de Viole on Ricercar
Marais: Pièces de Viole. François Joubert-Caillet (bass viol), Achéron (bass viols, guitar, theorbo, harp, harpsichord). Ricercar (20 CDs)
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
