
Selecting a “ten best” list for an artist like Leonard […]
Herbert von Karajan wanted us to believe that he excelled
Bernard Haitink was known for his selfless, dedicated performances of
Up to this point, Nelsons’ Boston Shostakovich cycle has been very good to excellent, but these performances of Symphonies Nos. 1, 14 and 15 are,
These are, by and large, excellent performances, very well played and conducted. My colleague, Jens Laurson, described Noseda’s recording of Symphony No. 8 as “middle-of-the-road,”
Because Fritz Reiner’s reputation primarily rests with his “golden age”
The Russian pianist Maria Grinberg (1908-1978) may be less familiar
Although Shura Cherkassky’s unabashedly subjective and capricious style was out
Alina Ibragimova has the measure of this music, no doubt about it. I can see some listeners who might prefer a beefier basic timbre in
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