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Just when you thought you’d heard it all, along comes Nikolaus Harnoncourt to teach you and thing or two. Now as we all know, there
Ancerl’s Bartók Concerto for Orchestra was one of the outstanding versions of the LP era, and I frankly prefer its humane warmth to Reiner’s somewhat
Most collectors, I suspect, will want to know how Julius Katchen’s 1953 mono versions of the Prokofiev and Bartók Third Concertos compare to his better
Many pianists treat Liszt’s so-called “Dante” sonata as an arena for strutting their loud and fast octaves. Mykola Suk, however, transforms pyrotechnical issues into an
Sonically speaking, these live 1993/94 concert performances are of more than adequate archival quality, but they’re not up to the industry’s best standards. That said,
Bartok never heard his first violin concerto in its original form. The product of his love affair for Stefi Geyer, a young violinist, the first
Decca’s ongoing survey of Bartók’s solo piano works from Zoltán Kocsis now reaches Volume 7. Kocsis gives impressive, insightful performances, to which Bartók scholar László
Riccardo Chailly and the Royal Concertgebouw turn in two very memorable Bartók performances, with more than enough personality to justify a collector’s interest. The Concerto
In celebration of James Levine’s 60th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon has assembled a handsome collection of the conductor’s recordings featuring the four orchestras with which he
Complete not only refers to all of Bartók’s original solo piano music gathered on five CDs, but also to György Sandor’s mastery over every aspect
