

During the 1940s and 1950s the “World’s Most Popular Classical […]

Each time an infrequent new integral recording of Dvořák’s 13 Poetic Tone Pictures crosses my desk, I seem to introduce each review with the same

Given the paucity over the last decade of Dvorák late symphonies recordings (not to mention complete cycles) it’s both surprising and pleasing to see this

[This is a re-post in memory of Lars Vogt, who

Herbert Blomstedt is one of those conductor who grows on

During his long career, Ruggiero Ricci (1918-2012) amassed a large

Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra were big fish in

Selecting a “ten best” list for an artist like Leonard

Carlo Maria Giulini had a remarkable career. Not known for

Herbert von Karajan wanted us to believe that he excelled
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