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When it comes to Grieg’s C minor sonata, there’s no such thing as kid-glove treatment by violinist Kai Gleusteen and pianist Catherine Ordronneau. They take
John Barbirolli nearly always has something to say in late-Romantic music, and he’s got a singular asset in the Czech Philharmonic at its Ancerl-led, early-’60s
Recorded as part of EMI’s Martha Argerich Project at the 2002 Lugano Festival, these impulsive performances may not enjoy Argerich’s participation, but she surely would
The Franck is a transcription of his well-known violin sonata, and while the cello version brings richer, darker timbres, it loses the sense of unaffected
No realistic listener will expect a collection this extensive–8 CDs covering 14 works, most of them major compositions and most offered in their entirety, recorded
Time has not eroded the idiomatic sparkle and improvisatory give-and-take that continue to draw me to these frequently reissued classics from the late 1920s. But
The “concept” here seems to be nothing more ambitious than creating an album that is “pretty”–and so it is in a very superficial sense. However,
Franck à la Russe! Alexander Paley transforms the Prelude, Chorale and Fugue into a full-blown virtuoso thriller, replete with agitated tempo fluctuations and the organ-like
César Franck’s Prelude, Aria et Final seems to belong more to the organ than the piano on account of its sustained linear textures and resonant
There are Franck symphonies for every taste, including the Gallic elegance and clarity of the classic Monteux/Chicago, the razor sharp attack of Maazel/Cleveland, the hyper-expressive
