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Both Bernard Haitink and this orchestra separately recorded benchmark versions of Ein Heldenleben, so the prospect of putting the two together was enticing. The result,
Remember Herbert von Karajan? Perhaps it was inevitable that after his death his reputation would fall into something of an eclipse, but given the size
I hereby subtitle this release “When bad concepts happen to good musicians.” Granted, the back-cover blurb rightly claims that Schubert, Webern, and Berg are three
Those who are familiar with Pierre Boulez’s earlier “Complete Webern” on Sony will notice that his new Deutsche Grammophon edition contains six discs to Sony’s
Robert Craft’s advocacy on behalf of Anton Webern dates back to his “complete” pioneering 1954 cycle for Columbia Masterworks. Since that time, of course, musicians
Listen to Michael Gielen’s new recording of the Mahler Third and you’ll once again be struck by how radical a piece this is. What could
Alban Berg spent his whole life writing opera, and both the Lyric Suite and the String Quartet are no exception. Though he was a student
Here are more Juilliard Quartet rarities plucked by Testament from the too-long-neglected treasure-trove of RCA’s back catalog. These stereo recordings were made in RCA’s studios
A potent fusion of intellectual severity and technical finesse brings rare distinction to Mitsuko Uchida’s new Philips survey of key Second Viennese School piano works.
The poetic title of this CD conceals an attractive anthology of 20th century piano music, continuously balanced between East and West and cleverly presented by
