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These are breathtakingly beautiful performances of breathtakingly beautiful music. Trio No. 1 is one of Saint-Saëns’ earliest chamber works, but it shows his trademark style
In light of Helicon’s recent live release of both Brahms piano concertos with soloist Rudolf Buchbinder, conductor Zubin Mehta, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, one
There’s no question that Carl Petersson’s fingers can efficiently dispatch the elaborate intricacies of Leopold Godowsky’s Java Suite; yet his literal, texturally monochrome, frequently unimaginative
There’s a reason these well-produced radio recordings could not be released while Sviatoslav Richter was alive: they are dreadful. Both works, except for the exotic
In an age of standard-concerto-repertoire catalog overload, it’s understandable that you might be inclined to pass over this disc. After all, who needs another Schumann/Grieg
Why aren’t these concertos played anymore? Okay, they may not be heavy duty masterpieces, but there isn’t a dud in the bunch. The 2nd and
Idil Biret is an accomplished artist, but there’s no point in pretending that these performances are competitive. The Saint-Saëns suffers from a combination of leaden
Stephen Hough’s fresh and imaginative programming instincts inform a release that the pianist conceives as “two mini-recitals”. Both Mendelssohn’s Op. 54 and the Arietta of
This delightful new release easily takes its place as the reference edition for these works, not that we’re spoiled for choice in anything but the
After hearing him improvise at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris, Franz Liszt reportedly proclaimed Camille Saint-Saëns the world’s greatest organist. You can debate
