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The voice: a light, limpid soprano, supremely sweet, tonally pure, and even throughout its range. The interpretations: elegantly stylish, totally idiomatic, superficially cool but always
The Swiss-born, Dutch-trained baritone Bernard Kruysen has long been associated with French song, at least in his long series of recordings with the superb pianist
Having heard composer/pianist Nöel Lee play Debussy marvelously in concert, I held similar hopes for these 1971 recordings, now inexpensively reissued. The piano itself, a
Short playing times and boring performances add up to an unimpressive Debussy disc. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what’s wrong: the orchestra plays beautifully and
Composer/conductor Virko Bailey has masterminded an extensive series of releases devoted to previously unissued concert recordings culled from Sviatoslav Richter’s concerts in Kiev. Volumes 1
The Mozart and Debussy selections stem from Sviatoslav Richter’s Prague recital of March 17, 1968. Richter collectors may have encountered the Mozart on AS-Disc 329,
The Ernest Ansermet volume is one of the best of EMI’s Great Conductors series. It includes terrific, well-chosen performances, only a pair of which are
What on earth could have motivated such a reliable and sophisticated label as MDG to release this redundant and artistically uninspiring disc? Marc Soustrot offers
This is the real raw thing, a live recording of a hot performance–pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard tackling a rangy and demanding program without benefit of retakes
This first-rate collection has no weak links at all: Karajan’s La Mer, Tilson Thomas’ Boston Symphony recording of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,
