Since Handel wrote relatively little solo organ music, David Yearsley has decided to make amends by brilliantly and stylishly appropriating selections from the composer’s vocal
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Since Handel wrote relatively little solo organ music, David Yearsley has decided to make amends by brilliantly and stylishly appropriating selections from the composer’s vocal
I have finally figured out that like anchovies, you can’t convince people to like the countertenor voice if they don’t “get” it. Their infantile squeamishness
In his booklet note for this release. Harry Christophers spouts the usual nonsense about “stripping away the cobwebs” from this music using period instruments, blah,
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Handel’s unrivaled masterpieces of the concerto grosso form and style—his To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
ReviewsThis almost unknown, large scale (almost 3 hour) oratorio, The To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
Handel’s unrivaled masterpieces of the concerto grosso form and style—his To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription
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Since Handel wrote relatively little solo organ music, David Yearsley has decided to make amends by brilliantly and stylishly appropriating selections from the composer’s vocal
I have finally figured out that like anchovies, you can’t convince people to like the countertenor voice if they don’t “get” it. Their infantile squeamishness
In his booklet note for this release. Harry Christophers spouts the usual nonsense about “stripping away the cobwebs” from this music using period instruments, blah,
Krystian Zimerman’s first solo release in years showcases both the pianist’s painstaking workmanship and his micromanaging tendencies. The micromanager prevails in the B-flat sonata, particularly
There’s nothing remotely “Impromptu” about Tzimon Barto’s Schubert Impromptus, where nearly every phrase is vulgarly over-articulated, over-stressed, dynamically exaggerated, and underlined in multi-colored ink, as
Unlike his massive orchestral tone poems, most of Josef Suk’s piano music is smaller in scale and often elegiac in nature. Yet it also is
The Five Worst Bruckner Conductors
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Andris Nelsons
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Special Mention: Hansjörg Albrecht (organ)
The Five Greatest Bruckner Conductors
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Daniel Barenboim
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Sergiu Celibidache
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Gūnter Wand
Review: Loesser's The Most Happy Fella--Opera or Musical? And Who Cares?
Loesser: The Most Happy Fella (Original Cast Recording) Sony Broadway
Music Chat: Tell Me What Classical Masterpiece You Most Dislike
A viewer wrote to me explaining how he was abused because he admitted to not liking Mozart's 40th Symphony. That's outrageous. The freedom to love music means nothing absent the right to choose, and to dislike works that don't speak to you. So let's have a little fun with that notion. Pick a work you know is great, but just can't stand. Be shameless and fess up. You'll feel better afterwards.
The 5 Greatest Chopin Pianists
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Janáček! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room No. 14)
We look at classic performance from Janáček's hometown orchestra in Brno, plus the last three volumes in Supraphon's fascinating "Unknown" series.
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
