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Why do Carl Maria von Weber’s four piano sonatas resist coming back into fashion? One reason may be that they occupy a kind of no-man’s-land
Begun and dropped by Weber in the very early 1820s and completed by Mahler in 1886 from sketches and other works by Weber (a song
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This is an absolutely wonderful disc in every way. Weber’s clarinet music is delightful, and it’s hard to imagine it being better played or recorded.
The playing here is generally excellent, but in the Freischütz Overture you miss the heavy-duty atmosphere of German romanticism: the opening is evocative but the
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Why do Carl Maria von Weber’s four piano sonatas resist coming back into fashion? One reason may be that they occupy a kind of no-man’s-land
Begun and dropped by Weber in the very early 1820s and completed by Mahler in 1886 from sketches and other works by Weber (a song
This is an absolutely wonderful disc in every way. Weber’s clarinet music is delightful, and it’s hard to imagine it being better played or recorded.
The playing here is generally excellent, but in the Freischütz Overture you miss the heavy-duty atmosphere of German romanticism: the opening is evocative but the
This is a first rate collection of some of Vaughan Williams’ best choral works, both a cappella and with organ accompaniment. Fans of this composer
At only 45 minutes of music, this set offers poor value, which is a pity because the performances are wonderful. Happily, the two Vaughan Williams
Review: At Last, A Truly Great Tchaikovsky ""Manfred"
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony. Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Liss (cond.) Fuga Libera
The Greatest Recordings EVER! Cluytens Conducts Wagner
Wagner: Opera Preludes and Interludes; Siegfried-Idyll. Rita Gorr (soprano), Paris Opera Orchestra, André Cluytens (cond.) Testament
Latin Popular Music! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)
One of my dearest friends gave me these discs before passing away at the far-too-young age of 43. He was Puerto Rican, a major music lover, and one of the kindest people I have ever known. Frankie, this one's for you!
Review: The Biggest Heifetz Rip-Off Of All Time
Heifetz Plays Violin Concertos: Beethoven, Brahms Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Prokofiev, Mozart. RCA "Original Album Classics" (5 CDs, full price)
Music Chat: Pianos Are Male, Violins Are Female (Or At Least Bisexual)
This chat is a followup to our excellent discussion of sniffy violinists who maintain that the great composers didn't know how to write idiomatically for their instrument, and also to a much earlier video called "The Vibrato Monologues"--a reading of a paper I presented at the American Musicological Society on the sexual politics of expressive string playing. The contrast between the two groups of musicians, pianists and violinists, is truly striking. Here are links to those earlier videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvH_6FfgI-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGj9h_sdJMo
Lawes and Lauro (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)
A master of English consort music, and a popular Venzuelan composer for the guitar, together 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
